chamuyar

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From chamuyo.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃamuˈʝaɾ/ [t͡ʃa.muˈʝaɾ] (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃamuˈʃaɾ/ [t͡ʃa.muˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃamuˈʒaɾ/ [t͡ʃa.muˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: cha‧mu‧yar

Verb

chamuyar (first-person singular present chamuyo, first-person singular preterite chamuyé, past participle chamuyado)

  1. (Rioplatense, colloquial) to chat up, sweet-talk
  2. (Rioplatense, colloquial) to fabricate a factual-sounding claim

Conjugation

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