mancillar
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mansiˈʝaɾ/ [mãn.siˈʝaɾ] (most of Latin America)
- IPA(key): /mansiˈʎaɾ/ [mãn.siˈʎaɾ] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: man‧ci‧llar
Verb
mancillar (first-person singular present mancillo, first-person singular preterite mancillé, past participle mancillado)
- to besmirch; to taint
- Synonym: (obsolete) amancillar
- 1911, José Ingenieros, “Chapter V: Los caracteres mediocres”, in El hombre mediocre:
- Están mancillados desde la cuna; aun no habiendo menester de beneficios, son instintivamente serviles.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of mancillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of mancillar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive mancillar | dative | mancillarme | mancillarte | mancillarle, mancillarse | mancillarnos | mancillaros | mancillarles, mancillarse |
accusative | mancillarme | mancillarte | mancillarlo, mancillarla, mancillarse | mancillarnos | mancillaros | mancillarlos, mancillarlas, mancillarse | |
with gerund mancillando | dative | mancillándome | mancillándote | mancillándole, mancillándose | mancillándonos | mancillándoos | mancillándoles, mancillándose |
accusative | mancillándome | mancillándote | mancillándolo, mancillándola, mancillándose | mancillándonos | mancillándoos | mancillándolos, mancillándolas, mancillándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative mancilla | dative | mancíllame | mancíllate | mancíllale | mancíllanos | not used | mancíllales |
accusative | mancíllame | mancíllate | mancíllalo, mancíllala | mancíllanos | not used | mancíllalos, mancíllalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mancillá | dative | mancillame | mancillate | mancillale | mancillanos | not used | mancillales |
accusative | mancillame | mancillate | mancillalo, mancillala | mancillanos | not used | mancillalos, mancillalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative mancille | dative | mancílleme | not used | mancíllele, mancíllese | mancíllenos | not used | mancílleles |
accusative | mancílleme | not used | mancíllelo, mancíllela, mancíllese | mancíllenos | not used | mancíllelos, mancíllelas | |
with first-person plural imperative mancillemos | dative | not used | mancillémoste | mancillémosle | mancillémonos | mancillémoos | mancillémosles |
accusative | not used | mancillémoste | mancillémoslo, mancillémosla | mancillémonos | mancillémoos | mancillémoslos, mancillémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative mancillad | dative | mancilladme | not used | mancilladle | mancilladnos | mancillaos | mancilladles |
accusative | mancilladme | not used | mancilladlo, mancilladla | mancilladnos | mancillaos | mancilladlos, mancilladlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative mancillen | dative | mancíllenme | not used | mancíllenle | mancíllennos | not used | mancíllenles, mancíllense |
accusative | mancíllenme | not used | mancíllenlo, mancíllenla | mancíllennos | not used | mancíllenlos, mancíllenlas, mancíllense |
Further reading
- “mancillar”, 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