cascabelear

v.

1 to act with levity, or little forecast and prudence.

2 to jingle, to tinkle (tintinear). (Latin American)

Las campanitas cascabelean The little bells tinkle.

3 to moan, to grumble (refunfuñar). (Southern Cone)

4 to feed one with vain hopes, to induce one to act on visionary expectations.

5 to rattle.

Las válvulas del motor cascabelean The motor valves rattle.

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cascabelear

► verbo transitivo

1 figurado (infundir esperanzas) to take in, raise the hopes of

► verbo intransitivo

1 familiar figurado (portarse con ligereza) to act recklessly

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1.

VT to take in *, beguile

2. VI

1) LAm (=tintinear) to jingle, tinkle

2) (=ser atolondrado) to be a scatterbrain

3) Cono Sur (=refunfuñar) to moan, grumble

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= jingle.

Ex. When they walk down the street, you can hear them jingling and stomping their feet to the sounds of the accompanying drummer.

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= jingle.

Ex: When they walk down the street, you can hear them jingling and stomping their feet to the sounds of the accompanying drummer.

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cascabelear [A1 ]

vi

(AmL) to rattle

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cascabelear vi

Fam

1. [estar atolondrado] to act in a scatterbrained manner

2. Méx [criticar] to moan

3. Chile [refunfuñar] to grumble