Skip to main content

jinetear

Spanish, verb/xineteˈaɾ/

jinetear is a Spanish verb meaning “to ride; to perform” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Ofrecer el cuerpo sexualmente a cambio de dinero o algún beneficio o prebenda”.

What does jinetear mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to ride; to perform

  2. 2

    to break in a horse

  3. 3

    to ride horseback

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Ofrecer el cuerpo sexualmente a cambio de dinero o algún beneficio o prebenda.

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 jinetear

  • jineteo first-person present singular
  • jineteé first-person preterite singular
  • jineteado participle past
  • jineteando gerund
  • jineteada feminine participle past
  • jineteados masculine participle past
  • jineteadas feminine participle past
  • jineteas indicative informal present
  • jineteás indicative informal present
  • jinetea indicative present singular
  • jineteamos first-person indicative plural
  • jineteáis indicative plural present
  • jinetean indicative plural present
  • jineteaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • jineteabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • jineteábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • jineteabais imperfect indicative plural
  • jineteaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce jinetear?

  • /xineteˈaɾ/
  • [xi.ne.t̪eˈaɾ]
  • [xinet̪eˈaɾ]

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

How common is jinetear in Spanish?

jinetear appears about once in every 50 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).