holgazanear
Spanish, verb/olɡaθaneˈaɾ/
holgazanear is spelled H-O-L-G-A-Z-A-N-E-A-R (11 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 112,257th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Holgazanear is a Spanish verb meaning “to idle, to laze about, to loaf about, to goof off, to loaf, to laze, to lounge, to lie around, to loiter, to slack off, to slack” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Obrar con pereza, pachorra o indolencia; rehuir, retardar o diferir el trabajo y las responsabilidades por…”.
What does holgazanear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to idle, to laze about, to loaf about, to goof off, to loaf, to laze, to lounge, to lie around, to loiter, to slack off, to slack
- 2
to veg out, veg
- 3
to lounge
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Obrar con pereza, pachorra o indolencia; rehuir, retardar o diferir el trabajo y las responsabilidades por desidia o negligencia; dedicarse al ocio.
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 holgazanear
- holgazaneo first-person present singular
- holgazaneé first-person preterite singular
- holgazaneado participle past
- holgazaneando gerund
- holgazaneada feminine participle past
- holgazaneados masculine participle past
- holgazaneadas feminine participle past
- holgazaneas indicative informal present
- holgazaneás indicative informal present
- holgazanea indicative present singular
- holgazaneamos first-person indicative plural
- holgazaneáis indicative plural present
- holgazanean indicative plural present
- holgazaneaba first-person imperfect indicative
- holgazaneabas imperfect indicative second-person
- holgazaneábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- holgazaneabais imperfect indicative plural
- holgazaneaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce holgazanear?
- /olɡaθaneˈaɾ/
- [ol.ɣ̞a.θa.neˈaɾ]
- /olɡasaneˈaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to holgazanear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is holgazanear in Spanish?
holgazanear appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).