# chainear
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English shine + -ear.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /t͡ʃaineˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃai̯.neˈaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: chai‧ne‧ar

### Verb

chainear (first-person singular present chaineo, first-person singular preterite chaineé, past participle chaineado)
* (transitive, colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Northern Mexico) to polish (shoes)
    Synonym: lustrar
* (transitive, colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Northern Mexico) to clean (something)
    Synonym: limpiar
* (pronominal, intransitive, colloquial, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama) to tidy, neaten, or organize oneself, especially in order to be well-dressed
    Synonym: arreglarse

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | chainear | chainear | chainear | chainear | chainear |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | chaineando | chaineando | chaineando | chaineando | chaineando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | chaineado | chaineado | chaineada | chaineada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | chaineados | chaineados | chaineadas | chaineadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | chaineo | chaineas$^{tú}$ chaineás$^{vos}$ | chainea | chaineamos | chaineáis | chainean |
| indicative | imperfect | chaineaba | chaineabas | chaineaba | chaineábamos | chaineabais | chaineaban |
| indicative | preterite | chaineé | chaineaste | chaineó | chaineamos | chaineasteis | chainearon |
| indicative | future | chainearé | chainearás | chaineará | chainearemos | chainearéis | chainearán |
| indicative | conditional | chainearía | chainearías | chainearía | chainearíamos | chainearíais | chainearían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | chainee | chainees$^{tú}$ chaineés$^{vos2}$ | chainee | chaineemos | chaineéis | chaineen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | chaineara | chainearas | chaineara | chaineáramos | chainearais | chainearan |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | chainease | chaineases | chainease | chaineásemos | chaineaseis | chaineasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | chaineare | chaineares | chaineare | chaineáremos | chaineareis | chainearen |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | chainea$^{tú}$ chaineá$^{vos}$ | chainee | chaineemos | chainead | chaineen |
| imperative | negative | | no chainees | no chainee | no chaineemos | no chaineéis | no chaineen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “chainear” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.