cangotear
Portuguese, verb/kɐ̃.ɡo.teˈa(ʁ)/
cangotear is spelled C-A-N-G-O-T-E-A-R (9 letters). Cangotear is a Portuguese verb meaning “to grab someone by the nape or neck” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “segurar pelo cangote”.
What does cangotear mean in English?
verb
- 1
to grab someone by the nape or neck
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. segurar pelo cangote
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cangotear
- cangoteio first-person present singular
- cangoteei first-person preterite singular
- cangoteado participle past
- cangoteares infinitive second-person singular
- cangotearmos first-person infinitive plural
- cangoteardes infinitive plural second-person
- cangotearem infinitive plural third-person
- cangoteando gerund
- cangoteados masculine participle past
- cangoteada feminine participle past
- cangoteadas feminine participle past
- cangoteias indicative present second-person
- cangoteia indicative present singular
- cangoteamos first-person indicative plural
- cangoteais indicative plural present
- cangoteiam indicative plural present
- cangoteava first-person imperfect indicative
- cangoteavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cangotear?
- Brazil /kɐ̃.ɡo.teˈa(ʁ)/
- Brazil [kɐ̃.ɡo.teˈa(h)]
- Brazil /kɐ̃.ɡo.t͡ʃiˈa(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.