dentellear
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom diente (“tooth”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /denteʝeˈaɾ/ [d̪ẽn̪.t̪e.ʝeˈaɾ]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /denteʎeˈaɾ/ [d̪ẽn̪.t̪e.ʎeˈaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /denteʃeˈaɾ/ [d̪ẽn̪.t̪e.ʃeˈaɾ]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /denteʒeˈaɾ/ [d̪ẽn̪.t̪e.ʒeˈaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: den‧te‧lle‧ar
Verb
editdentellear (first-person singular present dentelleo, first-person singular preterite dentelleé, past participle dentelleado)
- to nibble
Conjugation
edit Conjugation of dentellear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Further reading
edit- “dentellear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014