sellar
English
Adjective
sellar (not comparable)
- (anatomy) Relating to the sella turcica.
Derived terms
- extrasellar
- infrasellar
- intrasellar
- juxtasellar
- parasellar
- presellar
- retrosellar
- subsellar
- suprasellar
- transsellar
Anagrams
- Rellas, allers
Asturian
Etymology
From Latin sigillāre, present active infinitive of sigillō. Compare Spanish sellar, Portuguese selar, Catalan segellar, Italian suggellare.
Verb
sellar (first-person singular indicative present sello, past participle selláu)
- to seal (to place a seal on (a document))
Conjugation
infinitive | sellar | ||||||
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gerund | sellando | ||||||
past participle | m selláu, f sellada, n sellao, m pl sellaos, f pl sellaes | ||||||
person | first singular yo | second singular tu | third singular él/elli | first plural nosotros/nós | second plural vosotros/vós | third plural ellos | |
indicative | present | sello | selles | sella | sellamos | selláis | sellen |
imperfect | sellaba | sellabes | sellaba | sellábemos, sellábamos | sellabeis, sellabais | sellaben | |
preterite | sellé | sellasti, sellesti | selló | sellemos | sellastis, sellestis | sellaron | |
pluperfect | sellare, sellara | sellares, sellaras | sellare, sellara | selláremos, selláramos | sellareis, sellarais | sellaren, sellaran | |
future | sellaré | sellarás | sellará | sellaremos | sellaréis | sellarán | |
conditional | sellaría | sellaríes | sellaría | sellaríemos, sellaríamos | sellaríeis, sellaríais | sellaríen | |
subjunctive | present | selle | selles, sellas | selle | sellemos | selléis | sellen, sellan |
imperfect | sellare, sellara | sellares, sellaras | sellare, sellara | selláremos, selláramos | sellareis, sellarais | sellaren, sellaran | |
imperative | — | sella | — | — | sellái | — |
Related terms
- sellu
Middle English
Noun
sellar
- (Late Middle English) Alternative form of sellere
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin sigillāre, present active infinitive of sigillō. Compare Portuguese selar, Catalan segellar, French sceller, Italian suggellare. Cf. also the borrowed doublet sigilar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /seˈʝaɾ/ [seˈʝaɾ]
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /seˈʎaɾ/ [seˈʎaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /seˈʃaɾ/ [seˈʃaɾ]
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seˈʒaɾ/ [seˈʒaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: se‧llar
Verb
sellar (first-person singular present sello, first-person singular preterite sellé, past participle sellado)
- to stamp
- Synonym: estampar
- to seal (place a seal on a document)
- to seal (close with a seal or hermetically)
- to terminate, finish, end
- Synonyms: concluir, poner fin
- (Argentina, cooking) to seal (hotly fry or cook a piece of meat for a short time)
Conjugation
infinitive | sellar | ||||||
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gerund | sellando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | sellado | sellada | |||||
plural | sellados | selladas | |||||
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 | sello | sellastú sellásvos | sella | sellamos | selláis | sellan | |
imperfect | sellaba | sellabas | sellaba | sellábamos | sellabais | sellaban | |
preterite | sellé | sellaste | selló | sellamos | sellasteis | sellaron | |
future | sellaré | sellarás | sellará | sellaremos | sellaréis | sellarán | |
conditional | sellaría | sellarías | sellaría | sellaríamos | sellaríais | sellarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | selle | sellestú sellésvos2 | selle | sellemos | selléis | sellen | |
imperfect (ra) | sellara | sellaras | sellara | selláramos | sellarais | sellaran | |
imperfect (se) | sellase | sellases | sellase | sellásemos | sellaseis | sellasen | |
future1 | sellare | sellares | sellare | selláremos | sellareis | sellaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | sellatú sellávos | selle | sellemos | sellad | sellen | ||
negative | no selles | no selle | no sellemos | no selléis | no sellen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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 sellar | |||||||
dative | sellarme | sellarte | sellarle, sellarse | sellarnos | sellaros | sellarles, sellarse | |
accusative | sellarme | sellarte | sellarlo, sellarla, sellarse | sellarnos | sellaros | sellarlos, sellarlas, sellarse | |
with gerund sellando | |||||||
dative | sellándome | sellándote | sellándole, sellándose | sellándonos | sellándoos | sellándoles, sellándose | |
accusative | sellándome | sellándote | sellándolo, sellándola, sellándose | sellándonos | sellándoos | sellándolos, sellándolas, sellándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sella | |||||||
dative | séllame | séllate | séllale | séllanos | not used | séllales | |
accusative | séllame | séllate | séllalo, séllala | séllanos | not used | séllalos, séllalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sellá | |||||||
dative | sellame | sellate | sellale | sellanos | not used | sellales | |
accusative | sellame | sellate | sellalo, sellala | sellanos | not used | sellalos, sellalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative selle | |||||||
dative | sélleme | not used | séllele, séllese | séllenos | not used | sélleles | |
accusative | sélleme | not used | séllelo, séllela, séllese | séllenos | not used | séllelos, séllelas | |
with first-person plural imperative sellemos | |||||||
dative | not used | sellémoste | sellémosle | sellémonos | sellémoos | sellémosles | |
accusative | not used | sellémoste | sellémoslo, sellémosla | sellémonos | sellémoos | sellémoslos, sellémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative sellad | |||||||
dative | selladme | not used | selladle | selladnos | sellaos | selladles | |
accusative | selladme | not used | selladlo, selladla | selladnos | sellaos | selladlos, selladlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative sellen | |||||||
dative | séllenme | not used | séllenle | séllennos | not used | séllenles, séllense | |
accusative | séllenme | not used | séllenlo, séllenla | séllennos | not used | séllenlos, séllenlas, séllense |
Related terms
- sello
- sellado
- sellador
- selladura
- tener los labios sellados
Further reading
- “sellar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014