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paniquear

Spanish, verb/panikeˈaɾ/

paniquear is a Spanish verb meaning “to panic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Entrar en pánico”.

What does paniquear mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    Latin-Americaslangto panic

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Entrar en pánico.

verb: 1. Llenar a alguien de pavor o pánico (miedo intenso, contagioso u obsesivo). 2. Alterar el estado emocional o la actitud de modo negativo, a consecuencia del consumo de drogas psicotrópicas.

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 paniquear

  • paniqueo first-person present singular
  • paniqueé first-person preterite singular
  • paniqueado participle past
  • paniqueando gerund
  • paniqueada feminine participle past
  • paniqueados masculine participle past
  • paniqueadas feminine participle past
  • paniqueas indicative informal present
  • paniqueás indicative informal present
  • paniquea indicative present singular
  • paniqueamos first-person indicative plural
  • paniqueáis indicative plural present
  • paniquean indicative plural present
  • paniqueaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • paniqueabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • paniqueábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • paniqueabais imperfect indicative plural
  • paniqueaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce paniquear?

  • /panikeˈaɾ/
  • [pa.ni.keˈaɾ]
  • [panikeˈaɾ]

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