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remolonear

Spanish, verb/remoloneˈaɾ/

remolonear is spelled R-E-M-O-L-O-N-E-A-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written Spanish, the 252,202nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Remolonear is a Spanish verb meaning “to laze about; to loaf (about)” (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 remolonear mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to laze about; to loaf (about)

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 flojera o negligencia; dedicarse al ocio o andar por ahí sin oficio.

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 remolonear

  • remoloneo first-person present singular
  • remoloneé first-person preterite singular
  • remoloneado participle past
  • remoloneando gerund
  • remoloneada feminine participle past
  • remoloneados masculine participle past
  • remoloneadas feminine participle past
  • remoloneas indicative informal present
  • remoloneás indicative informal present
  • remolonea indicative present singular
  • remoloneamos first-person indicative plural
  • remoloneáis indicative plural present
  • remolonean indicative plural present
  • remoloneaba first-person imperfect indicative
  • remoloneabas imperfect indicative second-person
  • remoloneábamos first-person imperfect indicative
  • remoloneabais imperfect indicative plural
  • remoloneaban imperfect indicative plural

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

How do you pronounce remolonear?

  • /remoloneˈaɾ/
  • [re.mo.lo.neˈaɾ]
  • [remoloneˈaɾ]

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

English words that translate to remolonear

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is remolonear in Spanish?

remolonear appears about once in every 51 million words in written Spanish.

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

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