codear
Spanish, verb/kodeˈaɾ/
codear is spelled C-O-D-E-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written Spanish, the 224,790th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Codear is a Spanish verb meaning “to elbow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mover el codo”.
What does codear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to elbow
- 2
to rub shoulders with (+ con)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mover el codo. 2. Dar golpes con los codos frecuentemente. 3. Pedir algo de forma insistente.
verb: 1. Escribir el código de un programa o algoritmo.
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 codear
- codeo first-person present singular
- codeé first-person preterite singular
- codeado participle past
- codeando gerund
- codeada feminine participle past
- codeados masculine participle past
- codeadas feminine participle past
- codeas indicative informal present
- codeás indicative informal present
- codea indicative present singular
- codeamos first-person indicative plural
- codeáis indicative plural present
- codean indicative plural present
- codeaba first-person imperfect indicative
- codeabas imperfect indicative second-person
- codeábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- codeabais imperfect indicative plural
- codeaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce codear?
- /kodeˈaɾ/
- [ko.ð̞eˈaɾ]
- [koð̞eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to codear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is codear in Spanish?
codear appears about once in every 40 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).