charquear
Spanish, verb/t͡ʃaɾkeˈaɾ/
charquear is spelled C-H-A-R-Q-U-E-A-R (9 letters). Charquear is a Spanish verb meaning “to jerk (to cure meat by cutting it into strips and drying it)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Elaborar charqui (tiras de carne salada y seca de res, caballo o llama)”.
What does charquear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to jerk (to cure meat by cutting it into strips and drying it)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Elaborar charqui (tiras de carne salada y seca de res, caballo o llama). 2. Por analogía, herir de gravedad a alguien con un arma cortante. 3. Por extensión, causar destrucción o perjuicios.
verb: 1. Agarrarse de las crines para no caerse del caballo.
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 charquear
- charqueo first-person present singular
- charqueé first-person preterite singular
- charqueado participle past
- charqueando gerund
- charqueada feminine participle past
- charqueados masculine participle past
- charqueadas feminine participle past
- charqueas indicative informal present
- charqueás indicative informal present
- charquea indicative present singular
- charqueamos first-person indicative plural
- charqueáis indicative plural present
- charquean indicative plural present
- charqueaba first-person imperfect indicative
- charqueabas imperfect indicative second-person
- charqueábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- charqueabais imperfect indicative plural
- charqueaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce charquear?
- /t͡ʃaɾkeˈaɾ/
- [t͡ʃaɾ.keˈaɾ]
- [t͡ʃaɾkeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.