cascabelear
Spanish, verb/kaskabeleˈaɾ/
cascabelear is spelled C-A-S-C-A-B-E-L-E-A-R (11 letters). Cascabelear is a Spanish verb meaning “to rattle, jingle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Alterarle el ánimo a alguien con engatusamientos y vacuas esperanzas para hacerle llevar algo a cabo”.
What does cascabelear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rattle, jingle
- 2
to whine; to whinge
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Alterarle el ánimo a alguien con engatusamientos y vacuas esperanzas para hacerle llevar algo a cabo.
verb: 1. Hacer sonar cascabeles o algo que produzca sonidos similares. 2. Comportarse de manera ligera, insensata y casquivana.
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 cascabelear
- cascabeleo first-person present singular
- cascabeleé first-person preterite singular
- cascabeleado participle past
- cascabeleando gerund
- cascabeleada feminine participle past
- cascabeleados masculine participle past
- cascabeleadas feminine participle past
- cascabeleas indicative informal present
- cascabeleás indicative informal present
- cascabelea indicative present singular
- cascabeleamos first-person indicative plural
- cascabeleáis indicative plural present
- cascabelean indicative plural present
- cascabeleaba first-person imperfect indicative
- cascabeleabas imperfect indicative second-person
- cascabeleábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- cascabeleabais imperfect indicative plural
- cascabeleaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cascabelear?
- /kaskabeleˈaɾ/
- [kas.ka.β̞e.leˈaɾ]
- [kaskaβ̞eleˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cascabelear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.