Polyglot Dictionary

regañar

/reɣaˈɲaɾ/

verb B2

el (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (yo)
regaño
preterite (yo)
regañé
past participle
regañado

Meaning

  1. to scold

    • Mi madre me regañó.

      My mother scolded me.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

reñir

reñir and regañar are close synonyms for "to scold"; reñir also separately means "to quarrel."

Similar in other languages

French

gronder

gronder is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to scold."

Portuguese

ralhar

ralhar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to scold."

Practice

1 What does regañar mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches regañar?

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