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bocinar

Spanish, verb/boθiˈnaɾ/

bocinar is a Spanish verb meaning “to honk the horn (on a car)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tocarle la bocina a alguien”.

What does bocinar mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to honk the horn (on a car)

  2. 2

    to speak through a loudspeaker

  3. 3

    to play on a horn or conch shell

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Tocarle la bocina a alguien.

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of bocinar

  • bocino first-person present singular
  • bociné first-person preterite singular
  • bocinado participle past
  • bocinando gerund
  • bocinada feminine participle past
  • bocinados masculine participle past
  • bocinadas feminine participle past
  • bocinas indicative informal present
  • bocinás indicative informal present
  • bocina indicative present singular
  • bocinamos first-person indicative plural
  • bocináis indicative plural present
  • bocinan indicative plural present
  • bocinaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • bocinabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • bocinábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • bocinabais imperfect indicative plural
  • bocinaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bocinar?

  • /boθiˈnaɾ/
  • [bo.θiˈnaɾ]
  • /bosiˈnaɾ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.