chainear
Spanish, verb/t͡ʃaineˈaɾ/
chainear is spelled C-H-A-I-N-E-A-R (8 letters). Chainear is a Spanish verb meaning “to polish (shoes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does chainear mean in English?
verb
- 1
Mexicocolloquialto polish (shoes)
- 2
Mexicocolloquialto clean (something)
- 3
colloquialto tidy, neaten, or organize oneself, especially in order to be well-dressed
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of chainear
- chaineo first-person present singular
- chaineé first-person preterite singular
- chaineado participle past
- chaineando gerund
- chaineada feminine participle past
- chaineados masculine participle past
- chaineadas feminine participle past
- chaineas indicative informal present
- chaineás indicative informal present
- chainea indicative present singular
- chaineamos first-person indicative plural
- chaineáis indicative plural present
- chainean indicative plural present
- chaineaba first-person imperfect indicative
- chaineabas imperfect indicative second-person
- chaineábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- chaineabais imperfect indicative plural
- chaineaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chainear?
- /t͡ʃaineˈaɾ/
- [t͡ʃai̯.neˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.