callejear
Spanish, verb/kaʝexeˈaɾ/
callejear is a Spanish verb meaning “to wander, to amble (through streets)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Andar con frecuencia y sin necesidad por las calles”.
What does callejear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wander, to amble (through streets)
- 2
to gallivant, to gad
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Andar con frecuencia y sin necesidad por las calles. 2. Ser propenso a callejear₁.
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 callejear
- callejeo first-person present singular
- callejeé first-person preterite singular
- callejeado participle past
- callejeando gerund
- callejeada feminine participle past
- callejeados masculine participle past
- callejeadas feminine participle past
- callejeas indicative informal present
- callejeás indicative informal present
- callejea indicative present singular
- callejeamos first-person indicative plural
- callejeáis indicative plural present
- callejean indicative plural present
- callejeaba first-person imperfect indicative
- callejeabas imperfect indicative second-person
- callejeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- callejeabais imperfect indicative plural
- callejeaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce callejear?
- /kaʝexeˈaɾ/
- [ka.ʝe.xeˈaɾ]
- [kaʝexeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to callejear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is callejear in Spanish?
callejear appears about once in every 15 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).