cascabelear

to jingle

to beguile

cascabelear

intransitive verb

1. (to make short successive sounds)

a. to jingle

Una campanita cascabeleó. Alguien había entrado a la tienda.

A bell jingled. Someone had entered the store.

b. to tinkle

Hay algo del coche que cascabelea cuando voy por una calle despareja.

Something in my car tinkles when I drive along an uneven road.

2. (to act without sense)

a. to act foolishly

Cascabeleaste cuando decidiste dejar el trabajo sin saber qué harías después.

You acted foolishly when you decided to quit your job without knowing what you would do next.

transitive verb

3. (to deceive into doing something)

a. to beguile

Se dice que esta mujer cascabeleó a un albañil para que matara a su marido.

It is said that this woman beguiled a construction worker into killing her husband.