cantear
التعريفات والمعاني
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From canto + -ear.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kanteˈaɾ/ [kãn̪.t̪eˈaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: can‧te‧ar
=== Verb ===
cantear (first-person singular present canteo, first-person singular preterite canteé, past participle canteado)
to chamfer
(transitive, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) to tilt; to slant
(Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua) to do (something) wrongly or sloppily; to mess up [with la (accusative)]
Synonyms: regarla, cagarla
==== Conjugation ====
=== Further reading ===
“cantear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
“cantear”, 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