cabalear

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kabaleˈaɾ/ [ka.β̞a.leˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ca‧ba‧le‧ar

Verb

cabalear (first-person singular present cabaleo, first-person singular preterite cabaleé, past participle cabaleado)

  1. (El Salvador) to complete or finish filling something

Conjugation

Further reading

  • cabalear”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010
  • cabalear”, in Tesoro de los diccionarios históricos de la lengua española [Thesaurus of the Historical Dictionaries of the Spanish Language], Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2021