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)
- (nautical) to fit out (with forecastle and aftcastle) (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
- 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.
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- (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: […]
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- (intransitive) to take the form of a castle
Conjugation
Conjugation of acastillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)edit data
infinitive | acastillar | ||||||
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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