cucharear
Spanish, verb/kut͡ʃaɾeˈaɾ/
cucharear is spelled C-U-C-H-A-R-E-A-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish, the 185,934th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cucharear is a Spanish verb meaning “to spoon (use a spoon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Sacar con la cuchara”.
What does cucharear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to spoon (use a spoon)
- 2
to spoon (cuddle)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Sacar con la cuchara.
verb: 1. Cabecear el buque. 2. Hacer ruido con el movimiento de la cuchara al comer. 3. Revolver la comida en la olla con la cuchara. 4. Acostarse haciendo la pose de la cuchara.
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 cucharear
- cuchareo first-person present singular
- cuchareé first-person preterite singular
- cuchareado participle past
- cuchareando gerund
- cuchareada feminine participle past
- cuchareados masculine participle past
- cuchareadas feminine participle past
- cuchareas indicative informal present
- cuchareás indicative informal present
- cucharea indicative present singular
- cuchareamos first-person indicative plural
- cuchareáis indicative plural present
- cucharean indicative plural present
- cuchareaba first-person imperfect indicative
- cuchareabas imperfect indicative second-person
- cuchareábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- cuchareabais imperfect indicative plural
- cuchareaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cucharear?
- /kut͡ʃaɾeˈaɾ/
- [ku.t͡ʃa.ɾeˈaɾ]
- [kut͡ʃaɾeˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cucharear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cucharear in Spanish?
cucharear appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).