cintilar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scintillāre. Cf. also centelhar, possibly an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /sĩ.t͡ʃiˈla(ʁ)/ [sĩ.t͡ʃiˈla(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /sĩ.t͡ʃiˈla(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /sĩ.t͡ʃiˈla(ʁ)/ [sĩ.t͡ʃiˈla(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /sĩ.t͡ʃiˈla(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /sĩ.tiˈlaɾ/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /sĩ.tiˈla.ɾi/

  • Hyphenation: cin‧ti‧lar

Verb

cintilar (first-person singular present cintilo, first-person singular preterite cintilei, past participle cintilado)

  1. to scintillate; to sparkle
    Synonyms: centelhar, faiscar, chispar
  2. to shine (to reflect light)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cintilar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal cintilar
Personal cintilar cintilares cintilar cintilarmos cintilardes cintilarem
Gerund
cintilando
Past participle
Masculine cintilado cintilados
Feminine cintilada cintiladas
Indicative
Present cintilo cintilas cintila cintilamos cintilais cintilam
Imperfect cintilava cintilavas cintilava cintilávamos cintiláveis cintilavam
Preterite cintilei cintilaste cintilou cintilamos1, cintilámos2 cintilastes cintilaram
Pluperfect cintilara cintilaras cintilara cintiláramos cintiláreis cintilaram
Future cintilarei cintilarás cintilará cintilaremos cintilareis cintilarão
Conditional cintilaria cintilarias cintilaria cintilaríamos cintilaríeis cintilariam
Subjunctive
Present cintile cintiles cintile cintilemos cintileis cintilem
Imperfect cintilasse cintilasses cintilasse cintilássemos cintilásseis cintilassem
Future cintilar cintilares cintilar cintilarmos cintilardes cintilarem
Imperative
Affirmative cintila cintile cintilemos cintilai cintilem
Negative (não) não cintiles não cintile não cintilemos não cintileis não cintilem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scintillāre. Cf. also centellar, possibly an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θintiˈlaɾ/ [θĩn̪.t̪iˈlaɾ] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /sintiˈlaɾ/ [sĩn̪.t̪iˈlaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: cin‧ti‧lar

Verb

cintilar (first-person singular present cintilo, first-person singular preterite cintilé, past participle cintilado)

  1. to scintillate
    Synonym: centellear
  2. to shine (to reflect light)
    Synonym: brillar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cintilar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive cintilar
gerund cintilando
past participle masculine feminine
singular cintilado cintilada
plural cintilados cintiladas
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 cintilo cintilastú
cintilásvos 		cintila cintilamos cintiláis cintilan
imperfect cintilaba cintilabas cintilaba cintilábamos cintilabais cintilaban
preterite cintilé cintilaste cintiló cintilamos cintilasteis cintilaron
future cintilaré cintilarás cintilará cintilaremos cintilaréis cintilarán
conditional cintilaría cintilarías cintilaría cintilaríamos cintilaríais cintilarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present cintile cintilestú
cintilésvos2 		cintile cintilemos cintiléis cintilen
imperfect
(ra) 		cintilara cintilaras cintilara cintiláramos cintilarais cintilaran
imperfect
(se) 		cintilase cintilases cintilase cintilásemos cintilaseis cintilasen
future1 cintilare cintilares cintilare cintiláremos cintilareis cintilaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative cintilatú
cintilávos 		cintile cintilemos cintilad cintilen
negative no cintiles no cintile no cintilemos no cintiléis no cintilen

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

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