chamuyar
Spanish, verb/t͡ʃamuˈʝaɾ/
chamuyar is spelled C-H-A-M-U-Y-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 54,740th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Chamuyar is a Spanish verb meaning “to chat up, sweet-talk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hablar o escribir con intención persuasiva, pero falazmente o sin argumentos sólidos”.
What does chamuyar mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto chat up, sweet-talk
- 2
colloquialto whisper among oneselves
- 3
colloquialto fabricate a factual-sounding claim
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Hablar o escribir con intención persuasiva, pero falazmente o sin argumentos sólidos. 2. Decir requiebros a otra persona con el propósito de seducirla. 3. Decir algo diferente de la verdad. 4. Hablar mucho pero con poco contenido.
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 chamuyar
- chamuyo first-person present singular
- chamuyé first-person preterite singular
- chamuyado participle past
- chamuyando gerund
- chamuyada feminine participle past
- chamuyados masculine participle past
- chamuyadas feminine participle past
- chamuyas indicative informal present
- chamuyás indicative informal present
- chamuya indicative present singular
- chamuyamos first-person indicative plural
- chamuyáis indicative plural present
- chamuyan indicative plural present
- chamuyaba first-person imperfect indicative
- chamuyabas imperfect indicative second-person
- chamuyábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- chamuyabais imperfect indicative plural
- chamuyaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce chamuyar?
- /t͡ʃamuˈʝaɾ/
- [t͡ʃa.muˈʝaɾ]
- [t͡ʃamuˈʝaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to chamuyar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is chamuyar in Spanish?
chamuyar appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).