callejonear
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaʝexoneˈaɾ/ [ka.ʝe.xo.neˈaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /kaʎexoneˈaɾ/ [ka.ʎe.xo.neˈaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /kaʃexoneˈaɾ/ [ka.ʃe.xo.neˈaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /kaʒexoneˈaɾ/ [ka.ʒe.xo.neˈaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ca‧lle‧jo‧ne‧ar
Verb
callejonear (first-person singular present callejoneo, first-person singular preterite callejoneé, past participle callejoneado)
- (Mexico, intransitive) to go through alleys, usually to get to the destination faster or to avoid wider streets
Conjugation
Conjugation of callejonear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Further reading
- “callejonear”, in Diccionario del español de México, Segunda edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua, 2019
- Guido Gómez de Silva (2001), “callejonear”, in Diccionario breve de mexicanismos, Primera edición, Academia Mexicana de la Lengua