cachondear
Spanish, verb/kat͡ʃondeˈaɾ/
cachondear is spelled C-A-C-H-O-N-D-E-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written Spanish, the 285,965th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cachondear is a Spanish verb meaning “to pet, snuggle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hacer caricias para despertar el erotismo”.
What does cachondear mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto pet, snuggle
- 2
informalto make out, snog
- 3
informalto make fun, take the mickey
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hacer caricias para despertar el erotismo.
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 cachondear
- cachondeo first-person present singular
- cachondeé first-person preterite singular
- cachondeado participle past
- cachondeando gerund
- cachondeada feminine participle past
- cachondeados masculine participle past
- cachondeadas feminine participle past
- cachondeas indicative informal present
- cachondeás indicative informal present
- cachondea indicative present singular
- cachondeamos first-person indicative plural
- cachondeáis indicative plural present
- cachondean indicative plural present
- cachondeaba first-person imperfect indicative
- cachondeabas imperfect indicative second-person
- cachondeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- cachondeabais imperfect indicative plural
- cachondeaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cachondear?
- /kat͡ʃondeˈaɾ/
- [ka.t͡ʃõn̪.d̪eˈaɾ]
- [kat͡ʃõn̪d̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cachondear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cachondear in Spanish?
cachondear appears about once in every 68 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).