macanear

Spanish

Etymology

From macana +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /makaneˈaɾ/ [ma.ka.neˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ma‧ca‧ne‧ar

Verb

macanear (first-person singular present macaneo, first-person singular preterite macaneé, past participle macaneado)

(intransitive, informal, Bolivia, Paraguay, Rioplatense) to bullshit (all definitions)
- 1926, Roberto Arlt, “Los ladrones”, in El juguete rabioso:
  —No hay que hacerle; dejarse de macanear, si no, vamos a caer.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(transitive, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina) to bug, to annoy
Synonym: molestar
(transitive, Central America) to punch someone

Conjugation

Conjugation of macanear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			macanear
gerund			macaneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		macaneado		macaneada
		plural		macaneados		macaneadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	macaneo	macaneas^{^tú} macaneás^{^vos}	macanea	macaneamos	macaneáis	macanean
	imperfect	macaneaba	macaneabas	macaneaba	macaneábamos	macaneabais	macaneaban
	preterite	macaneé	macaneaste	macaneó	macaneamos	macaneasteis	macanearon
	future	macanearé	macanearás	macaneará	macanearemos	macanearéis	macanearán
	conditional	macanearía	macanearías	macanearía	macanearíamos	macanearíais	macanearían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	macanee	macanees^{^tú} macaneés^{^vos²}	macanee	macaneemos	macaneéis	macaneen
	imperfect (ra)	macaneara	macanearas	macaneara	macaneáramos	macanearais	macanearan
	imperfect (se)	macanease	macaneases	macanease	macaneásemos	macaneaseis	macaneasen
	future¹	macaneare	macaneares	macaneare	macaneáremos	macaneareis	macanearen

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		macanea^{^tú} macaneá^{^vos}	macanee	macaneemos	macanead	macaneen
	negative		no macanees	no macanee	no macaneemos	no macaneéis	no macaneen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms of macanear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive macanear	dative	macanearme	macanearte	macanearle, macanearse	macanearnos	macanearos	macanearles, macanearse
with infinitive macanear	accusative	macanearme	macanearte	macanearlo, macanearla, macanearse	macanearnos	macanearos	macanearlos, macanearlas, macanearse

with gerund macaneando	dative	macaneándome	macaneándote	macaneándole, macaneándose	macaneándonos	macaneándoos	macaneándoles, macaneándose
with gerund macaneando	accusative	macaneándome	macaneándote	macaneándolo, macaneándola, macaneándose	macaneándonos	macaneándoos	macaneándolos, macaneándolas, macaneándose

with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative macanea	dative	macanéame	macanéate	macanéale	macanéanos	not used	macanéales
	accusative	macanéame	macanéate	macanéalo, macanéala	macanéanos	not used	macanéalos, macanéalas

with informal second-person singular voseo imperative macaneá	dative	macaneame	macaneate	macaneale	macaneanos	not used	macaneales
	accusative	macaneame	macaneate	macanealo, macaneala	macaneanos	not used	macanealos, macanealas

with formal second-person singular imperative macanee	dative	macanéeme	not used	macanéele, macanéese	macanéenos	not used	macanéeles
with formal second-person singular imperative macanee	accusative	macanéeme	not used	macanéelo, macanéela, macanéese	macanéenos	not used	macanéelos, macanéelas

with first-person plural imperative macaneemos	dative	not used	macaneémoste	macaneémosle	macaneémonos	macaneémoos	macaneémosles
with first-person plural imperative macaneemos	accusative	not used	macaneémoste	macaneémoslo, macaneémosla	macaneémonos	macaneémoos	macaneémoslos, macaneémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative macanead	dative	macaneadme	not used	macaneadle	macaneadnos	macaneaos	macaneadles
with informal second-person plural imperative macanead	accusative	macaneadme	not used	macaneadlo, macaneadla	macaneadnos	macaneaos	macaneadlos, macaneadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative macaneen	dative	macanéenme	not used	macanéenle	macanéennos	not used	macanéenles, macanéense
with formal second-person plural imperative macaneen	accusative	macanéenme	not used	macanéenlo, macanéenla	macanéennos	not used	macanéenlos, macanéenlas, macanéense

Derived terms

macaneador