cachondear

Spanish

Etymology

From cachondo +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat͡ʃondeˈaɾ/ [ka.t͡ʃõn̪.d̪eˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧chon‧de‧ar

Verb

cachondear (first-person singular present cachondeo, first-person singular preterite cachondeé, past participle cachondeado)

1. (informal, intransitive) to pet, snuggle
2. (informal, intransitive) to make out, snog
3. (informal, reflexive) to make fun, take the mickey

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cachondear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cachondear
gerund			cachondeando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cachondeado		cachondeada
		plural		cachondeados		cachondeadas
		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	cachondeo	cachondeastú cachondeásvos	cachondea	cachondeamos	cachondeáis	cachondean
	imperfect	cachondeaba	cachondeabas	cachondeaba	cachondeábamos	cachondeabais	cachondeaban
	preterite	cachondeé	cachondeaste	cachondeó	cachondeamos	cachondeasteis	cachondearon
	future	cachondearé	cachondearás	cachondeará	cachondearemos	cachondearéis	cachondearán
	conditional	cachondearía	cachondearías	cachondearía	cachondearíamos	cachondearíais	cachondearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cachondee	cachondeestú cachondeésvos2	cachondee	cachondeemos	cachondeéis	cachondeen
	imperfect (ra)	cachondeara	cachondearas	cachondeara	cachondeáramos	cachondearais	cachondearan
	imperfect (se)	cachondease	cachondeases	cachondease	cachondeásemos	cachondeaseis	cachondeasen
	future1	cachondeare	cachondeares	cachondeare	cachondeáremos	cachondeareis	cachondearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cachondeatú cachondeávos	cachondee	cachondeemos	cachondead	cachondeen
	negative		no cachondees	no cachondee	no cachondeemos	no cachondeéis	no cachondeen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of cachondear

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 cachondear
	dative	cachondearme	cachondearte	cachondearle, cachondearse	cachondearnos	cachondearos	cachondearles, cachondearse
	accusative	cachondearme	cachondearte	cachondearlo, cachondearla, cachondearse	cachondearnos	cachondearos	cachondearlos, cachondearlas, cachondearse
with gerund cachondeando
	dative	cachondeándome	cachondeándote	cachondeándole, cachondeándose	cachondeándonos	cachondeándoos	cachondeándoles, cachondeándose
	accusative	cachondeándome	cachondeándote	cachondeándolo, cachondeándola, cachondeándose	cachondeándonos	cachondeándoos	cachondeándolos, cachondeándolas, cachondeándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cachondea
	dative	cachondéame	cachondéate	cachondéale	cachondéanos	not used	cachondéales
	accusative	cachondéame	cachondéate	cachondéalo, cachondéala	cachondéanos	not used	cachondéalos, cachondéalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cachondeá
	dative	cachondeame	cachondeate	cachondeale	cachondeanos	not used	cachondeales
	accusative	cachondeame	cachondeate	cachondealo, cachondeala	cachondeanos	not used	cachondealos, cachondealas
with formal second-person singular imperative cachondee
	dative	cachondéeme	not used	cachondéele, cachondéese	cachondéenos	not used	cachondéeles
	accusative	cachondéeme	not used	cachondéelo, cachondéela, cachondéese	cachondéenos	not used	cachondéelos, cachondéelas
with first-person plural imperative cachondeemos
	dative	not used	cachondeémoste	cachondeémosle	cachondeémonos	cachondeémoos	cachondeémosles
	accusative	not used	cachondeémoste	cachondeémoslo, cachondeémosla	cachondeémonos	cachondeémoos	cachondeémoslos, cachondeémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cachondead
	dative	cachondeadme	not used	cachondeadle	cachondeadnos	cachondeaos	cachondeadles
	accusative	cachondeadme	not used	cachondeadlo, cachondeadla	cachondeadnos	cachondeaos	cachondeadlos, cachondeadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cachondeen
	dative	cachondéenme	not used	cachondéenle	cachondéennos	not used	cachondéenles, cachondéense
	accusative	cachondéenme	not used	cachondéenlo, cachondéenla	cachondéennos	not used	cachondéenlos, cachondéenlas, cachondéense

Derived terms

• cachondeo

 

Further reading

• “cachondear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28