mangonear

From Latin mangōnem (“dealer, trafficker”) + -ear.

• IPA^(key): /manɡoneˈaɾ/ [mãŋ.ɡo.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: man‧go‧ne‧ar

mangonear (first-person singular present mangoneo, first-person singular preterite mangoneé, past participle mangoneado)

1. (intransitive, colloquial) to be bossy
2. (intransitive, colloquial, rare) to loiter
3. (intransitive, Ecuador) to meddle

• “mangonear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024