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dentellear

Spanish, verb/denteʝeˈaɾ/

dentellear is a Spanish verb meaning “to nibble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does dentellear mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to nibble

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

Forms of dentellear

  • dentelleo first-person present singular
  • dentelleé first-person preterite singular
  • dentelleado participle past
  • dentelleando gerund
  • dentelleada feminine participle past
  • dentelleados masculine participle past
  • dentelleadas feminine participle past
  • dentelleas indicative informal present
  • dentelleás indicative informal present
  • dentellea indicative present singular
  • dentelleamos first-person indicative plural
  • dentelleáis indicative plural present
  • dentellean indicative plural present
  • dentelleaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • dentelleabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • dentelleábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • dentelleabais imperfect indicative plural
  • dentelleaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce dentellear?

  • /denteʝeˈaɾ/
  • [d̪ẽn̪.t̪e.ʝeˈaɾ]

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