racanear

Spanish

Etymology

See tacaño

Verb

racanear (first-person singular present racaneo, first-person singular preterite racaneé, past participle racaneado)

  1. (colloquial) to skimp
    • 2015 July 7, “Pero sigue siendo el rey”, in El País‎:
      Es un arcano que no solo renuncia a cualquier atisbo de saludo, sino que racanea al principio en decibelios.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Conjugation
        Conjugation of racanear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
    infinitive racanear
    gerund racaneando
    past participle masculine feminine
    singular racaneado racaneada
    plural racaneados racaneadas
    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 racaneo racaneastú
    racaneásvos    		 racanea racaneamos racaneáis racanean
    imperfect racaneaba racaneabas racaneaba racaneábamos racaneabais racaneaban
    preterite racaneé racaneaste racaneó racaneamos racaneasteis racanearon
    future racanearé racanearás racaneará racanearemos racanearéis racanearán
    conditional racanearía racanearías racanearía racanearíamos racanearíais racanearían
    subjunctive yo tú
    vos    		 él/ella/ello
    usted    		 nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ellos/ellas
    ustedes
    present racanee racaneestú
    racaneésvos2    		 racanee racaneemos racaneéis racaneen
    imperfect
    (ra)    		 racaneara racanearas racaneara racaneáramos racanearais racanearan
    imperfect
    (se)    		 racanease racaneases racanease racaneásemos racaneaseis racaneasen
    future1 racaneare racaneares racaneare racaneáremos racaneareis racanearen
    imperative — tú
    vos    		 usted nosotros
    nosotras    		 vosotros
    vosotras    		 ustedes
    affirmative racaneatú
    racaneávos    		 racanee racaneemos racanead racaneen
    negative no racanees no racanee no racaneemos no racaneéis no racaneen
    • 1 Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
    • 2 Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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