What does cachondeo in Spanish mean?

What is the meaning of the word cachondeo in Spanish? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use cachondeo in Spanish.

The word cachondeo in Spanish means partying, farce, mess, joke, fool around, get horny, laugh at, scoff at, pet. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word cachondeo

partying

nombre masculino (ES (juerga, fiesta)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Después de clase, todos los chicos se fueron de cachondeo por ahí.
ⓘEsta oración no es una traducción de la original. For some people, college is more about partying than studying.

farce, mess

nombre masculino (ES (falta de seriedad)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Esto es un cachondeo, aquí nadie hace lo que debe hacer.
This is a farce (or: mess); no one around here does what they're supposed to do.

joke

nombre masculino (ES (broma, burla)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
No te enfades, que estoy de cachondeo, no lo digo en serio.
Don't get angry, it is a joke; I'm not being serious.

fool around

verbo pronominal (ES (burlarse)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Mis hijos se cachondean con todo y nunca se puede hablar en serio con ellos.
My kids are always fooling around and you can never talk seriously to them.

get horny

verbo pronominal (AmL (excitarse sexualmente) (colloquial)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Juan se cachondea con las películas porno.
John gets horny watching porn movies.

laugh at, scoff at

(ES: coloquial (burlarse, mofarse)

Mi hermano se cachondeaba de mí todos los días que perdía mi equipo de fútbol. Mis hijos se cachondean con todo y nunca se puede hablar en serio con ellos.
My brother would laugh (or: scoff) at me on the days my football team lost.

pet

verbo transitivo (MX (acariciar a alguien)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")

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