centellar

Spanish

Etymology

From centella, or possibly from Latin scintillāre, and thus a doublet of cintilar.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /θenteˈʝaɾ/ [θẽn̪.t̪eˈʝaɾ] (most of Spain)
  • IPA(key): /θenteˈʎaɾ/ [θẽn̪.t̪eˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain)
 
 
  • IPA(key): /senteˈʃaɾ/ [sẽn̪.t̪eˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /senteˈʒaɾ/ [sẽn̪.t̪eˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: cen‧te‧llar

Verb

centellar (first-person singular present centello, first-person singular preterite centellé, past participle centellado)

  1. obsolete form of centellear; to twinkle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of centellar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive centellar
gerund centellando
past participle masculine feminine
singular centellado centellada
plural centellados centelladas
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present centello centellastú
centellásvos 		centella centellamos centelláis centellan
imperfect centellaba centellabas centellaba centellábamos centellabais centellaban
preterite centellé centellaste centelló centellamos centellasteis centellaron
future centellaré centellarás centellará centellaremos centellaréis centellarán
conditional centellaría centellarías centellaría centellaríamos centellaríais centellarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present centelle centellestú
centellésvos2 		centelle centellemos centelléis centellen
imperfect
(ra) 		centellara centellaras centellara centelláramos centellarais centellaran
imperfect
(se) 		centellase centellases centellase centellásemos centellaseis centellasen
future1 centellare centellares centellare centelláremos centellareis centellaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative centellatú
centellávos 		centelle centellemos centellad centellen
negative no centelles no centelle no centellemos no centelléis no centellen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

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