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cancanear

Spanish, verb/kankaneˈaɾ/

cancanear is spelled C-A-N-C-A-N-E-A-R (9 letters). Cancanear is a Spanish verb meaning “to dance the cancan” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does cancanear mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to dance the cancan

  2. 2

    to loaf; to loaf about

  3. 3

    to sputter (said of an engine)

  4. 4

    to stammer

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

Forms of cancanear

  • cancaneo first-person present singular
  • cancaneé first-person preterite singular
  • cancaneado participle past
  • cancaneando gerund
  • cancaneada feminine participle past
  • cancaneados masculine participle past
  • cancaneadas feminine participle past
  • cancaneas indicative informal present
  • cancaneás indicative informal present
  • cancanea indicative present singular
  • cancaneamos first-person indicative plural
  • cancaneáis indicative plural present
  • cancanean indicative plural present
  • cancaneaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • cancaneabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • cancaneábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • cancaneabais imperfect indicative plural
  • cancaneaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce cancanear?

  • /kankaneˈaɾ/
  • [kãŋ.ka.neˈaɾ]

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

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Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

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