castañetear
Spanish, verb/kastaɲeteˈaɾ/
castañetear is spelled C-A-S-T-A-Ñ-E-T-E-A-R (11 letters). Castañetear is a Spanish verb meaning “to rattle, clack” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does castañetear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rattle, clack
- 2
to chatter (of teeth)
- 3
to play the castañas
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of castañetear
- castañeteo first-person present singular
- castañeteé first-person preterite singular
- castañeteado participle past
- castañeteando gerund
- castañeteada feminine participle past
- castañeteados masculine participle past
- castañeteadas feminine participle past
- castañeteas indicative informal present
- castañeteás indicative informal present
- castañetea indicative present singular
- castañeteamos first-person indicative plural
- castañeteáis indicative plural present
- castañetean indicative plural present
- castañeteaba first-person imperfect indicative
- castañeteabas imperfect indicative second-person
- castañeteábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- castañeteabais imperfect indicative plural
- castañeteaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce castañetear?
- /kastaɲeteˈaɾ/
- [kas.t̪a.ɲe.t̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.