chirriar
Spanish
Etymology
Onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈrjaɾ/ [t͡ʃiˈrjaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: chi‧rriar
Verb
chirriar (first-person singular present chirrío, first-person singular preterite chirrié, past participle chirriado)
- (intransitive) to squeak, to creak, to screech (to emit a short, high-pitched sound)
- Synonym: chirrear
- (intransitive, of birds, crickets etc.) to chirp (to make a short, sharp, cheerful note)
- 1905, La chicharra y la rana:
- Entre las tupidas hojas de un árbol la chicharra chirriaba.
- Among the dense leaves of a tree, the cicada was chirping.
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- (intransitive, figurative) to be grating or abrasive
Conjugation
Conjugation of chirriar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | chirriar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | chirriando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | chirriado | chirriada | |||||
| plural | chirriados | chirriadas | |||||
| 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 | chirrío | chirríastú chirriásvos | chirría | chirriamos | chirriáis | chirrían | |
| imperfect | chirriaba | chirriabas | chirriaba | chirriábamos | chirriabais | chirriaban | |
| preterite | chirrié | chirriaste | chirrió | chirriamos | chirriasteis | chirriaron | |
| future | chirriaré | chirriarás | chirriará | chirriaremos | chirriaréis | chirriarán | |
| conditional | chirriaría | chirriarías | chirriaría | chirriaríamos | chirriaríais | chirriarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | chirríe | chirríestú chirriésvos2 | chirríe | chirriemos | chirriéis | chirríen | |
| imperfect (ra) | chirriara | chirriaras | chirriara | chirriáramos | chirriarais | chirriaran | |
| imperfect (se) | chirriase | chirriases | chirriase | chirriásemos | chirriaseis | chirriasen | |
| future1 | chirriare | chirriares | chirriare | chirriáremos | chirriareis | chirriaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | chirríatú chirriávos | chirríe | chirriemos | chirriad | chirríen | ||
| negative | no chirríes | no chirríe | no chirriemos | no chirriéis | no chirríen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Derived terms
- chirriadero
- chirriador
- chirriante
- chirrido
- chirrión
Further reading
- “chirriar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014