falcacear
Spanish, verb/falkaθeˈaɾ/
falcacear is a Spanish verb meaning “to whip (a knot), to lash the end of a rope” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción de terminar los extremos de un cabo mediante una costura para evitar que sean deshilachados”.
What does falcacear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to whip (a knot), to lash the end of a rope
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Acción de terminar los extremos de un cabo mediante una costura para evitar que sean deshilachados.
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 falcacear
- falcaceo first-person present singular
- falcaceé first-person preterite singular
- falcaceado participle past
- falcaceando gerund
- falcaceada feminine participle past
- falcaceados masculine participle past
- falcaceadas feminine participle past
- falcaceas indicative informal present
- falcaceás indicative informal present
- falcacea indicative present singular
- falcaceamos first-person indicative plural
- falcaceáis indicative plural present
- falcacean indicative plural present
- falcaceaba first-person imperfect indicative
- falcaceabas imperfect indicative second-person
- falcaceábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- falcaceabais imperfect indicative plural
- falcaceaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce falcacear?
- /falkaθeˈaɾ/
- [fal.ka.θeˈaɾ]
- /falkaseˈaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.