canear

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaneˈaɾ/ [ka.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧ne‧ar

Verb

canear (first-person singular present caneo, first-person singular preterite caneé, past participle caneado)

1. (colloquial) to bash, hit

Conjugation

    Conjugation of canear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			canear
gerund			caneando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		caneado		caneada
		plural		caneados		caneadas
		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	caneo	caneastú caneásvos	canea	caneamos	caneáis	canean
	imperfect	caneaba	caneabas	caneaba	caneábamos	caneabais	caneaban
	preterite	caneé	caneaste	caneó	caneamos	caneasteis	canearon
	future	canearé	canearás	caneará	canearemos	canearéis	canearán
	conditional	canearía	canearías	canearía	canearíamos	canearíais	canearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	canee	caneestú caneésvos2	canee	caneemos	caneéis	caneen
	imperfect (ra)	caneara	canearas	caneara	caneáramos	canearais	canearan
	imperfect (se)	canease	caneases	canease	caneásemos	caneaseis	caneasen
	future1	caneare	caneares	caneare	caneáremos	caneareis	canearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		caneatú caneávos	canee	caneemos	canead	caneen
	negative		no canees	no canee	no caneemos	no caneéis	no caneen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “canear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025