Some adverbs in Spanish are constructed with the suffix -ísimo to form the superlative degree (for example, tardísimo, cerquísima, prontísimo). In the case of bienísimo, the same procedure of forming the superlative from the adverb bien is used, which, in the most general norm in Spanish, is usually constructed by prefixing muy (Lo pasamos muy bien) or through the cultured form óptimamente. The Royal Spanish Academy in the Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Doubts only accounts for these two ways of forming the superlative of this adverb.
In the Canary Islands, the use of bienísimo is very frequent in the eastern province of the Archipelago (islands of Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura and Lanzarote), and is typical of all sociocultural levels. Consequently, in no case can it be considered an error.
Our words
Cancanear
1. v. To shake with a certain noise, especially the engine that is malfunctioning. The mechanic didn't fix that car well, because it keeps cancanear like before.
2. v. To make an unpleasant noise the objects that collide. The carboys came all the time cancanear for not having tied them well.
3. v. To stutter. Sometimes he is so nervous that he starts to cancanear and no one can understand him.
4. v. To dote. When one gets old, one begins to cancanear.
□ It is generally pronounced cancaniar.
Information on the location of voices and meanings
Fv: Fuerteventura
GC: Gran Canaria
Go: La Gomera
Hi: El Hierro
LP: La Palma
Lz: Lanzarote
Occ: Western Islands (Tenerife, La Gomera, La Palma and El Hierro)
Or: Eastern Islands (Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria)
Tf: Tenerife
