chochear

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

chochear (first-person singular present chocheo, first-person singular preterite chocheei, past participle chocheado)
chochear (first-person singular present chocheio, first-person singular preterite chocheei, past participle chocheado, reintegrationist norm)

1. to be fond of (with prepositions con or por)
2. to be senile

From chocho +‎ -ear.

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃot͡ʃeˈaɾ/ [t͡ʃo.t͡ʃeˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cho‧che‧ar

chochear (first-person singular present chocheo, first-person singular preterite chocheé, past participle chocheado)

1. (intransitive, colloquial) to be senile, to be in one's dotage

• “chochear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28