chinchinear

== Spanish == === Etymology === From chinchín (“a rattle (baby's toy)”) +‎ -ear. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /t͡ʃint͡ʃineˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃĩnʲ.t͡ʃi.neˈaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: chin‧chi‧ne‧ar === Verb === chinchinear (first-person singular present chinchineo, first-person singular preterite chinchineé, past participle chinchineado) (colloquial) (transitive, Southeastern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua) to entertain (a child) by shaking a rattle (a baby's toy) (intransitive, Southeastern Mexico, Guatemala) to shake a rattle (a baby's toy) (transitive, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua) to pamper, coddle (someone) Synonyms: mimar, (dialectal) cundundear ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “chinchinear”, 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 “chinchinear”, 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