menear
Spanish, verb/meneˈaɾ/
menear is spelled M-E-N-E-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish, the 63,642nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menear is a Spanish verb meaning “to wiggle, to wag, to shake” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Mover algo de un lado a otro”.
What does menear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wiggle, to wag, to shake
- 2
to hobble, to hopple (a horse)
- 3
to sway, to shake
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mover algo de un lado a otro.
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 menear
- meneo first-person present singular
- meneé first-person preterite singular
- meneado participle past
- meneando gerund
- meneada feminine participle past
- meneados masculine participle past
- meneadas feminine participle past
- meneas indicative informal present
- meneás indicative informal present
- menea indicative present singular
- meneamos first-person indicative plural
- meneáis indicative plural present
- menean indicative plural present
- meneaba first-person imperfect indicative
- meneabas imperfect indicative second-person
- meneábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- meneabais imperfect indicative plural
- meneaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce menear?
- /meneˈaɾ/
- [me.neˈaɾ]
- [meneˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to menear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is menear in Spanish?
menear appears about once in every 3 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).