titiritear
Spanish, verb/titiɾiteˈaɾ/
titiritear is spelled T-I-T-I-R-I-T-E-A-R (10 letters). Titiritear is a Spanish verb meaning “to control like a puppet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Manipular, dominar o controlar la voluntad de alguien, de manera comparable a como se manejaría un títere”.
What does titiritear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to control like a puppet
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Manipular, dominar o controlar la voluntad de alguien, de manera comparable a como se manejaría un títere.
verb: 1. Sacudirse con espasmos rápidos por frío, miedo u otro motivo.
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 titiritear
- titiriteo first-person present singular
- titiriteé first-person preterite singular
- titiriteado participle past
- titiriteando gerund
- titiriteada feminine participle past
- titiriteados masculine participle past
- titiriteadas feminine participle past
- titiriteas indicative informal present
- titiriteás indicative informal present
- titiritea indicative present singular
- titiriteamos first-person indicative plural
- titiriteáis indicative plural present
- titiritean indicative plural present
- titiriteaba first-person imperfect indicative
- titiriteabas imperfect indicative second-person
- titiriteábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- titiriteabais imperfect indicative plural
- titiriteaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce titiritear?
- /titiɾiteˈaɾ/
- [t̪i.t̪i.ɾi.t̪eˈaɾ]
- [t̪it̪iɾit̪eˈaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to titiritear
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.