tildar
Spanish
Etymology
From metathesis of Late Latin titulāre, a verb based on Latin titulus. Alternatively formed in Spanish based on tilde. In either case, likely semi-learnèd or an early borrowing, considering the /i/ for Latin /ĭ/. Doublet of titular.
Verb
tildar (first-person singular present tildo, first-person singular preterite tildé, past participle tildado)
- to declare or brand as; to stigmatize
- 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
- En las prácticas religiosas era D. Ángel intachable. No se le podía tildar ni de flaqueza ni de exceso de celo.
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- 2020 August 31, “Indignación en Alemania por el amago ultra de toma del Reichstag”, in La Vanguardia:
- El presidente federal, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, emitió un comunicado en el que tildó lo ocurrido de “ataque contra el corazón de nuestra democracia”.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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- to put a tilde or other accent mark over
- (reflexive) (informal) hang (of a computer, to stop working)
- (reflexive) (informal) to go into a trance, a stupor
Conjugation
Conjugation of tildar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | tildar | ||||||
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gerund | tildando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | tildado | tildada | |||||
plural | tildados | tildadas | |||||
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 | tildo | tildastú tildásvos | tilda | tildamos | tildáis | tildan | |
imperfect | tildaba | tildabas | tildaba | tildábamos | tildabais | tildaban | |
preterite | tildé | tildaste | tildó | tildamos | tildasteis | tildaron | |
future | tildaré | tildarás | tildará | tildaremos | tildaréis | tildarán | |
conditional | tildaría | tildarías | tildaría | tildaríamos | tildaríais | tildarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | tilde | tildestú tildésvos2 | tilde | tildemos | tildéis | tilden | |
imperfect (ra) | tildara | tildaras | tildara | tildáramos | tildarais | tildaran | |
imperfect (se) | tildase | tildases | tildase | tildásemos | tildaseis | tildasen | |
future1 | tildare | tildares | tildare | tildáremos | tildareis | tildaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | tildatú tildávos | tilde | tildemos | tildad | tilden | ||
negative | no tildes | no tilde | no tildemos | no tildéis | no tilden |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of tildar
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 tildar | |||||||
dative | tildarme | tildarte | tildarle, tildarse | tildarnos | tildaros | tildarles, tildarse | |
accusative | tildarme | tildarte | tildarlo, tildarla, tildarse | tildarnos | tildaros | tildarlos, tildarlas, tildarse | |
with gerund tildando | |||||||
dative | tildándome | tildándote | tildándole, tildándose | tildándonos | tildándoos | tildándoles, tildándose | |
accusative | tildándome | tildándote | tildándolo, tildándola, tildándose | tildándonos | tildándoos | tildándolos, tildándolas, tildándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tilda | |||||||
dative | tíldame | tíldate | tíldale | tíldanos | not used | tíldales | |
accusative | tíldame | tíldate | tíldalo, tíldala | tíldanos | not used | tíldalos, tíldalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tildá | |||||||
dative | tildame | tildate | tildale | tildanos | not used | tildales | |
accusative | tildame | tildate | tildalo, tildala | tildanos | not used | tildalos, tildalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative tilde | |||||||
dative | tíldeme | not used | tíldele, tíldese | tíldenos | not used | tíldeles | |
accusative | tíldeme | not used | tíldelo, tíldela, tíldese | tíldenos | not used | tíldelos, tíldelas | |
with first-person plural imperative tildemos | |||||||
dative | not used | tildémoste | tildémosle | tildémonos | tildémoos | tildémosles | |
accusative | not used | tildémoste | tildémoslo, tildémosla | tildémonos | tildémoos | tildémoslos, tildémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative tildad | |||||||
dative | tildadme | not used | tildadle | tildadnos | tildaos | tildadles | |
accusative | tildadme | not used | tildadlo, tildadla | tildadnos | tildaos | tildadlos, tildadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative tilden | |||||||
dative | tíldenme | not used | tíldenle | tíldennos | not used | tíldenles, tíldense | |
accusative | tíldenme | not used | tíldenlo, tíldenla | tíldennos | not used | tíldenlos, tíldenlas, tíldense |
Derived terms
- tilde
Further reading
- “tildar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014