casaquear

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From casaca (lies, bullshit) +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kasakeˈaɾ/ [ka.sa.keˈaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ca‧sa‧que‧ar

Verb

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casaquear (first-person singular present casaqueo, first-person singular preterite casaqueé, past participle casaqueado)

  1. (intransitive, colloquial, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) to talk nonsense, bullshit
  2. (transitive, colloquial, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) to deceive (someone); to cajole; to wheedle
  3. (transitive, slang, Honduras) to captivate; to beguile; to enamor

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • casaquear” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010