Polyglot Dictionary

coquetear

/koketeˈaɾ/

verb C1

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
coqueteo
preterite (yo)
coqueteé
past participle
coqueteado

Meaning

  1. to flirt

    • Coqueteaba con todos.

      She flirted with everyone.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

flirtear

coquetear and flirtear are close synonyms for "to flirt"; flirtear is a direct loanword from English, coquetear the more traditional Spanish term.

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

flertar

flertar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to flirt."

Practice

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