entortijar
Spanish
Etymology
Probably from a Vulgar Latin root *intortiliāre, from tortilis. Compare Catalan entortellar, French entortiller.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /entoɾtiˈxaɾ/ [ẽn̪.t̪oɾ.t̪iˈxaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: en‧tor‧ti‧jar
Verb
entortijar (first-person singular present entortijo, first-person singular preterite entortijé, past participle entortijado)
- (obsolete) to curl (hair)
Conjugation
Conjugation of entortijar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of entortijar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| with infinitive entortijar | dative | entortijarme | entortijarte | entortijarle, entortijarse | entortijarnos | entortijaros | entortijarles, entortijarse |
| accusative | entortijarme | entortijarte | entortijarlo, entortijarla, entortijarse | entortijarnos | entortijaros | entortijarlos, entortijarlas, entortijarse | |
| with gerund entortijando | dative | entortijándome | entortijándote | entortijándole, entortijándose | entortijándonos | entortijándoos | entortijándoles, entortijándose |
| accusative | entortijándome | entortijándote | entortijándolo, entortijándola, entortijándose | entortijándonos | entortijándoos | entortijándolos, entortijándolas, entortijándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative entortija | dative | entortíjame | entortíjate | entortíjale | entortíjanos | not used | entortíjales |
| accusative | entortíjame | entortíjate | entortíjalo, entortíjala | entortíjanos | not used | entortíjalos, entortíjalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative entortijá | dative | entortijame | entortijate | entortijale | entortijanos | not used | entortijales |
| accusative | entortijame | entortijate | entortijalo, entortijala | entortijanos | not used | entortijalos, entortijalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative entortije | dative | entortíjeme | not used | entortíjele, entortíjese | entortíjenos | not used | entortíjeles |
| accusative | entortíjeme | not used | entortíjelo, entortíjela, entortíjese | entortíjenos | not used | entortíjelos, entortíjelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative entortijemos | dative | not used | entortijémoste | entortijémosle | entortijémonos | entortijémoos | entortijémosles |
| accusative | not used | entortijémoste | entortijémoslo, entortijémosla | entortijémonos | entortijémoos | entortijémoslos, entortijémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative entortijad | dative | entortijadme | not used | entortijadle | entortijadnos | entortijaos | entortijadles |
| accusative | entortijadme | not used | entortijadlo, entortijadla | entortijadnos | entortijaos | entortijadlos, entortijadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative entortijen | dative | entortíjenme | not used | entortíjenle | entortíjennos | not used | entortíjenles, entortíjense |
| accusative | entortíjenme | not used | entortíjenlo, entortíjenla | entortíjennos | not used | entortíjenlos, entortíjenlas, entortíjense | |
See also
Further reading
- “entortijar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024