cuetear
Spanish, verb/kweteˈaɾ/
cuetear is a Spanish verb meaning “to crack, bang, pop (making sudden percussive noise)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Disparar un choete o peterdo”.
What does cuetear mean in English?
verb
- 1
Latin-Americacolloquialto crack, bang, pop (making sudden percussive noise)
- 2
Latin-Americacolloquialto fart
- 3
Latin-Americacolloquialto explode
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Disparar un choete o peterdo. 2. Disparar a alguien con un arma de fuego. 3. Matar o herir a alguien con un arma de fuego. 4. Azotar.
verb: 1. Producirse un cortocircuito. 2. Dicho del motor de un auto: hacer ruidos de explosión similares a un cohete.
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 cuetear
- cueteo first-person present singular
- cueteé first-person preterite singular
- cueteado participle past
- cueteando gerund
- cueteada feminine participle past
- cueteados masculine participle past
- cueteadas feminine participle past
- cueteas indicative informal present
- cueteás indicative informal present
- cuetea indicative present singular
- cueteamos first-person indicative plural
- cueteáis indicative plural present
- cuetean indicative plural present
- cueteaba first-person imperfect indicative
- cueteabas imperfect indicative second-person
- cueteábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- cueteabais imperfect indicative plural
- cueteaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cuetear?
- /kweteˈaɾ/
- [kwe.t̪eˈaɾ]
- [kwet̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.