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coquear

Spanish, verb/kokeˈaɾ/

coquear is spelled C-O-Q-U-E-A-R (7 letters). Coquear is a Spanish verb meaning “to chew coca leaves” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mascar, acullico”.

What does coquear mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    Latin-Americato chew coca leaves

  2. 2

    to put on one's thinking cap; to get thinking

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Mascar, acullico.

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 coquear

  • coqueo first-person present singular
  • coqueé first-person preterite singular
  • coqueado participle past
  • coqueando gerund
  • coqueada feminine participle past
  • coqueados masculine participle past
  • coqueadas feminine participle past
  • coqueas indicative informal present
  • coqueás indicative informal present
  • coquea indicative present singular
  • coqueamos first-person indicative plural
  • coqueáis indicative plural present
  • coquean indicative plural present
  • coqueaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • coqueabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • coqueábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • coqueabais imperfect indicative plural
  • coqueaban imperfect indicative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce coquear?

  • /kokeˈaɾ/
  • [ko.keˈaɾ]
  • [kokeˈaɾ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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