menear
See also: Menear
Portuguese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /me.neˈa(ʁ)/ [me.neˈa(h)], /me.niˈa(ʁ)/ [me.nɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /meˈnja(ʁ)/ [meˈnja(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /me.neˈa(ɾ)/, /me.niˈa(ɾ)/ [me.nɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /meˈnja(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /me.neˈa(ʁ)/ [me.neˈa(χ)], /me.niˈa(ʁ)/ [me.nɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /meˈnja(ʁ)/ [meˈnja(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /me.neˈa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mɨˈnjaɾ/
- Hyphenation: me‧ne‧ar
Verb
menear (first-person singular present meneio, first-person singular preterite meneei, past participle meneado)
- (transitive) to wiggle, wag, shake
- inflection of menear:
- first/third-person singular future subjunctive
- first/third-person singular personal infinitive
Conjugation
Conjugation of menear (e becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | menear | |||||
| Personal | menear | meneares | menear | menearmos | meneardes | menearem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| meneando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | meneado | meneados | ||||
| Feminine | meneada | meneadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | meneio | meneias | meneia | meneamos | meneais | meneiam |
| Imperfect | meneava | meneavas | meneava | meneávamos | meneáveis | meneavam |
| Preterite | meneei | meneaste | meneou | meneamos1, meneámos2 | meneastes | menearam |
| Pluperfect | meneara | menearas | meneara | meneáramos | meneáreis | menearam |
| Future | menearei | menearás | meneará | menearemos | meneareis | menearão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| menearia | menearias | menearia | menearíamos | menearíeis | meneariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | meneie | meneies | meneie | meneemos | meneeis | meneiem |
| Imperfect | meneasse | meneasses | meneasse | meneássemos | meneásseis | meneassem |
| Future | menear | meneares | menear | menearmos | meneardes | menearem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | meneia | meneie | meneemos | meneai | meneiem | |
| Negative (não) | não meneies | não meneie | não meneemos | não meneeis | não meneiem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Further reading
- “menear” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “menear” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “menear” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “menear” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “menear” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “menear” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /meneˈaɾ/ [me.neˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: me‧ne‧ar
Verb
menear (first-person singular present meneo, first-person singular preterite meneé, past participle meneado)
- (transitive) to wiggle, to wag, to shake
- Synonym: rabear
- (transitive) to hopple, to hobble
- (reflexive) to sway, to shake
Conjugation
Conjugation of menear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | menear | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | meneando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | meneado | meneada | |||||
| plural | meneados | meneadas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | meneo | meneastú meneásvos | menea | meneamos | meneáis | menean | |
| imperfect | meneaba | meneabas | meneaba | meneábamos | meneabais | meneaban | |
| preterite | meneé | meneaste | meneó | meneamos | meneasteis | menearon | |
| future | menearé | menearás | meneará | menearemos | menearéis | menearán | |
| conditional | menearía | menearías | menearía | menearíamos | menearíais | menearían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | menee | meneestú meneésvos2 | menee | meneemos | meneéis | meneen | |
| imperfect (ra) | meneara | menearas | meneara | meneáramos | menearais | menearan | |
| imperfect (se) | menease | meneases | menease | meneásemos | meneaseis | meneasen | |
| future1 | meneare | meneares | meneare | meneáremos | meneareis | menearen | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | meneatú meneávos | menee | meneemos | menead | meneen | ||
| negative | no menees | no menee | no meneemos | no meneéis | no meneen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of menear
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive menear | |||||||
| dative | menearme | menearte | menearle, menearse | menearnos | menearos | menearles, menearse | |
| accusative | menearme | menearte | menearlo, menearla, menearse | menearnos | menearos | menearlos, menearlas, menearse | |
| with gerund meneando | |||||||
| dative | meneándome | meneándote | meneándole, meneándose | meneándonos | meneándoos | meneándoles, meneándose | |
| accusative | meneándome | meneándote | meneándolo, meneándola, meneándose | meneándonos | meneándoos | meneándolos, meneándolas, meneándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative menea | |||||||
| dative | menéame | menéate | menéale | menéanos | not used | menéales | |
| accusative | menéame | menéate | menéalo, menéala | menéanos | not used | menéalos, menéalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative meneá | |||||||
| dative | meneame | meneate | meneale | meneanos | not used | meneales | |
| accusative | meneame | meneate | menealo, meneala | meneanos | not used | menealos, menealas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative menee | |||||||
| dative | menéeme | not used | menéele, menéese | menéenos | not used | menéeles | |
| accusative | menéeme | not used | menéelo, menéela, menéese | menéenos | not used | menéelos, menéelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative meneemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | meneémoste | meneémosle | meneémonos | meneémoos | meneémosles | |
| accusative | not used | meneémoste | meneémoslo, meneémosla | meneémonos | meneémoos | meneémoslos, meneémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative menead | |||||||
| dative | meneadme | not used | meneadle | meneadnos | meneaos | meneadles | |
| accusative | meneadme | not used | meneadlo, meneadla | meneadnos | meneaos | meneadlos, meneadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative meneen | |||||||
| dative | menéenme | not used | menéenle | menéennos | not used | menéenles, menéense | |
| accusative | menéenme | not used | menéenlo, menéenla | menéennos | not used | menéenlos, menéenlas, menéense | |
Derived terms
- meneársela
- meneo
- de no te menees
- me cago en todo que se menea
Further reading
- “menear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014