cacerolear

To bang pots and pans in the street as a form of political protest (a cacerolazo), a distinctly Latin American form of demonstration that has surged during economic and political crises. Common in news coverage of protests in Argentina, Chile, and Venezuela.

• Miles de personas cacerolearon frente a la Casa Rosada. — Thousands of people banged pots and pans in front of the Casa Rosada.
• Los vecinos cacerolearon en señal de protesta contra el ajuste. — The neighbors banged pots in protest against the austerity measures.
• Volvieron a cacerolear esa noche pidiendo la renuncia del presidente. — They banged pots again that night demanding the president's resignation.

This is specifically the pots-and-pans protest, not a general word for "to protest" (protestar) — a learner should reserve it for that particular, visually and aurally distinctive form of demonstration.

• politics Cacerolazos de diciembre de 2001 — During Argentina's December 2001 economic crisis, mass cacerolazo protests broke out nationwide as citizens banged pots and pans demanding President Fernando de la Rúa's resignation, chanting "¡que se vayan todos!" — one of the most widely documented uses of this protest form in Spanish-language political history.