enchinar
Spanish
Etymology
en- + china + -ar
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ent͡ʃiˈnaɾ/ [ẽnʲ.t͡ʃiˈnaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: en‧chi‧nar
Verb
enchinar (first-person singular present enchino, first-person singular preterite enchiné, past participle enchinado)
- (transitive) to pave (with pebbles)
- (Mexico, transitive) to curl (hair)
- (Mexico, reflexive) to get goosebumps
Conjugation
Conjugation of enchinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | enchinar | ||||||
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gerund | enchinando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | enchinado | enchinada | |||||
plural | enchinados | enchinadas | |||||
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 | enchino | enchinastú enchinásvos | enchina | enchinamos | enchináis | enchinan | |
imperfect | enchinaba | enchinabas | enchinaba | enchinábamos | enchinabais | enchinaban | |
preterite | enchiné | enchinaste | enchinó | enchinamos | enchinasteis | enchinaron | |
future | enchinaré | enchinarás | enchinará | enchinaremos | enchinaréis | enchinarán | |
conditional | enchinaría | enchinarías | enchinaría | enchinaríamos | enchinaríais | enchinarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | enchine | enchinestú enchinésvos2 | enchine | enchinemos | enchinéis | enchinen | |
imperfect (ra) | enchinara | enchinaras | enchinara | enchináramos | enchinarais | enchinaran | |
imperfect (se) | enchinase | enchinases | enchinase | enchinásemos | enchinaseis | enchinasen | |
future1 | enchinare | enchinares | enchinare | enchináremos | enchinareis | enchinaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | enchinatú enchinávos | enchine | enchinemos | enchinad | enchinen | ||
negative | no enchines | no enchine | no enchinemos | no enchinéis | no enchinen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of enchinar
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 enchinar | |||||||
dative | enchinarme | enchinarte | enchinarle, enchinarse | enchinarnos | enchinaros | enchinarles, enchinarse | |
accusative | enchinarme | enchinarte | enchinarlo, enchinarla, enchinarse | enchinarnos | enchinaros | enchinarlos, enchinarlas, enchinarse | |
with gerund enchinando | |||||||
dative | enchinándome | enchinándote | enchinándole, enchinándose | enchinándonos | enchinándoos | enchinándoles, enchinándose | |
accusative | enchinándome | enchinándote | enchinándolo, enchinándola, enchinándose | enchinándonos | enchinándoos | enchinándolos, enchinándolas, enchinándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative enchina | |||||||
dative | enchíname | enchínate | enchínale | enchínanos | not used | enchínales | |
accusative | enchíname | enchínate | enchínalo, enchínala | enchínanos | not used | enchínalos, enchínalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative enchiná | |||||||
dative | enchiname | enchinate | enchinale | enchinanos | not used | enchinales | |
accusative | enchiname | enchinate | enchinalo, enchinala | enchinanos | not used | enchinalos, enchinalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative enchine | |||||||
dative | enchíneme | not used | enchínele, enchínese | enchínenos | not used | enchíneles | |
accusative | enchíneme | not used | enchínelo, enchínela, enchínese | enchínenos | not used | enchínelos, enchínelas | |
with first-person plural imperative enchinemos | |||||||
dative | not used | enchinémoste | enchinémosle | enchinémonos | enchinémoos | enchinémosles | |
accusative | not used | enchinémoste | enchinémoslo, enchinémosla | enchinémonos | enchinémoos | enchinémoslos, enchinémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative enchinad | |||||||
dative | enchinadme | not used | enchinadle | enchinadnos | enchinaos | enchinadles | |
accusative | enchinadme | not used | enchinadlo, enchinadla | enchinadnos | enchinaos | enchinadlos, enchinadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative enchinen | |||||||
dative | enchínenme | not used | enchínenle | enchínennos | not used | enchínenles, enchínense | |
accusative | enchínenme | not used | enchínenlo, enchínenla | enchínennos | not used | enchínenlos, enchínenlas, enchínense |
Further reading
- “enchinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014