engrillar

Spanish

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /enɡɾiˈʝaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡɾiˈʝaɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /enɡɾiˈʎaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡɾiˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /enɡɾiˈʃaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡɾiˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /enɡɾiˈʒaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡɾiˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: en‧gri‧llar

Verb

engrillar (first-person singular present engrillo, first-person singular preterite engrillé, past participle engrillado)

  1. to shackle, fetter
    • 2023 February 10, Iker Seisdedos, “Relatos de la peor mazmorra de Nicaragua: “Nos engrillaban para dormir o cuando nos llevaban al ‘túnel’. Allí te esperaban los golpes””, in El País‎[1]:
      “Nos engrillaban para dormir. Dormir con grilletes es complicado”, continúa con voz decidida el muchacho, de 24 años […]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of engrillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive engrillar
gerund engrillando
past participle masculine feminine
singular engrillado engrillada
plural engrillados engrilladas
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 engrillo engrillastú
engrillásvos 		engrilla engrillamos engrilláis engrillan
imperfect engrillaba engrillabas engrillaba engrillábamos engrillabais engrillaban
preterite engrillé engrillaste engrilló engrillamos engrillasteis engrillaron
future engrillaré engrillarás engrillará engrillaremos engrillaréis engrillarán
conditional engrillaría engrillarías engrillaría engrillaríamos engrillaríais engrillarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present engrille engrillestú
engrillésvos2 		engrille engrillemos engrilléis engrillen
imperfect
(ra) 		engrillara engrillaras engrillara engrilláramos engrillarais engrillaran
imperfect
(se) 		engrillase engrillases engrillase engrillásemos engrillaseis engrillasen
future1 engrillare engrillares engrillare engrilláremos engrillareis engrillaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative engrillatú
engrillávos 		engrille engrillemos engrillad engrillen
negative no engrilles no engrille no engrillemos no engrilléis no engrillen

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

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