centellar
Spanish
Etymology
From centella, or possibly from Latin scintillāre, present active infinitive of scintillō, and thus a doublet of cintilar.
Verb
centellar (first-person singular present centello, first-person singular preterite centellé, past participle centellado)
- Obsolete form of centellear. to twinkle
Conjugation
Conjugation of centellar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | centellar | ||||||
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gerund | centellando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | centellado | centellada | |||||
plural | centellados | centelladas | |||||
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 | centello | centellastú centellásvos | centella | centellamos | centelláis | centellan | |
imperfect | centellaba | centellabas | centellaba | centellábamos | centellabais | centellaban | |
preterite | centellé | centellaste | centelló | centellamos | centellasteis | centellaron | |
future | centellaré | centellarás | centellará | centellaremos | centellaréis | centellarán | |
conditional | centellaría | centellarías | centellaría | centellaríamos | centellaríais | centellarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | centelle | centellestú centellésvos2 | centelle | centellemos | centelléis | centellen | |
imperfect (ra) | centellara | centellaras | centellara | centelláramos | centellarais | centellaran | |
imperfect (se) | centellase | centellases | centellase | centellásemos | centellaseis | centellasen | |
future1 | centellare | centellares | centellare | centelláremos | centellareis | centellaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | centellatú centellávos | centelle | centellemos | centellad | centellen | ||
negative | no centelles | no centelle | no centellemos | no centelléis | no centellen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “centellar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014