acastillar

acastillar

Spanish

Etymology

a- +‎ castillo +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

• (Castilian) IPA^(key): /akastiˈʎaɾ/, [akast̪iˈʎaɾ]
• (Latin America) IPA^(key): /akastiˈɟ͡ʝaɾ/, [akast̪iˈʝaɾ]

Verb

acastillar (first-person singular present acastillo, first-person singular preterite acastillé, past participle acastillado)

1. (nautical) to fit out (with forecastle and aftcastle) (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)
2. to house, house in a castle, keep in a castle
   • 1839, Félix González de León, Noticia historica del origen de los nombres de las calles de esta M.N.M.L.Y.M.H. ciudad de Sevilla:

     En esta época cada familia se acastillaba en sus casas y aun en los templos (como ya he referido en otros lugares de esta obra) ó cuyo fin fabricaban estas torres, y las guarnecian de armas.

     At this time, each family was housed in their homes and even in the temples (as I have already mentioned elsewhere in this work) or for whose purpose these towers were manufactured, and they were equipped with weapons.

3. (transitive) to castellate, incastellate, to make into a castle, to build in the form of a castle or to add battlements to an existing building
   • 1785, Gaspar de Molina y Saldívar, Reflexiones sobre la arquitectura, ornato y musica del templo, page 326:

     Llaman acastillar colocar la cañonería de modo, que los cañones mas largos ocupen el medio, y disminuyan hácia los extremos.

     They call castellation the placing of the cannons so that the longer cannons occupy the middle, and decrease toward the ends.

   • 1942, Luis Enrique Azarola Gil, Apellidos de la patria vieja, page 176:

     Se acastilló en las virtudes y costumbres tradicionales, y fundó su hogar en unión de doña Pilar Carro, hija del capitán Juan Carro y de doña Rosa Costales, con descendencia: […]

     He settled down in traditional virtues and customs, and founded his home together with Doña Pilar Carro, daughter of Captain Juan Carro and Doña Rosa Costales, and offspring: […]

4. (intransitive) to take the form of a castle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acastillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

infinitive			acastillar
gerund			acastillando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		acastillado		acastillada
		plural		acastillados		acastilladas
		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	acastillo	acastillastú acastillásvos	acastilla	acastillamos	acastilláis	acastillan
	imperfect	acastillaba	acastillabas	acastillaba	acastillábamos	acastillabais	acastillaban
	preterite	acastillé	acastillaste	acastilló	acastillamos	acastillasteis	acastillaron
	future	acastillaré	acastillarás	acastillará	acastillaremos	acastillaréis	acastillarán
	conditional	acastillaría	acastillarías	acastillaría	acastillaríamos	acastillaríais	acastillarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	acastille	acastillestú acastillésvos2	acastille	acastillemos	acastilléis	acastillen
	imperfect (ra)	acastillara	acastillaras	acastillara	acastilláramos	acastillarais	acastillaran
	imperfect (se)	acastillase	acastillases	acastillase	acastillásemos	acastillaseis	acastillasen
	future1	acastillare	acastillares	acastillare	acastilláremos	acastillareis	acastillaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		acastillatú acastillávos	acastille	acastillemos	acastillad	acastillen
	negative		no acastilles	no acastille	no acastillemos	no acastilléis	no acastillen

• ¹ Mostly obsolete form, now mainly used in legal jargon.
• ² Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Derived terms

• acastillado