canear

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm)bor.

Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾰ (kắnnă)bor.

Latin canna

Old Galician-Portuguese cana

Galician cana

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izāre

Old Galician-Portuguese -ear

Galician -ear

Galician canear

From cana + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaneˈaɾ/ [kɑ.neˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) to walk hastily or lengthily
2. (transitive) to outrun
3. (transitive, sports) to dribble and outrun
4. to trellis

   Synonym: emparrar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of canear

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	canear
Personal	canear	caneares	canear	canearmos	caneardes	canearen
Gerund
	caneando
Past participle
Masculine	caneado			caneados
Feminine	caneada			caneadas
Indicative
Present	caneo	caneas	canea	caneamos	caneades	canean
Imperfect	caneaba	caneabas	caneaba	caneabamos	caneabades	caneaban
Preterite	caneei	caneaches	caneou	caneamos	caneastes	canearon
Pluperfect	caneara	canearas	caneara	canearamos	canearades	canearan
Future	canearei	canearás	caneará	canearemos	canearedes	canearán
Conditional	canearía	canearías	canearía	caneariamos	caneariades	canearían
Subjunctive
Present	canee	canees	canee	caneemos	caneedes	caneen
Imperfect	canease	caneases	canease	caneásemos	caneásedes	caneasen
Future	canear	caneares	canear	canearmos	caneardes	canearen
Imperative
Affirmative		canea	canee	caneemos	caneade	caneen
Negative (non)		non canees	non canee	non caneemos	non caneedes	non caneen

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “canear”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “canear”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “canear”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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