centellear

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Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From centella +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain) /θenteʝeˈaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /θenteʎeˈaɾ/
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /senteʝeˈaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Andes Mountains, Philippines) /senteʎeˈaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /senteʃeˈaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /senteʒeˈaɾ/

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: cen‧te‧lle‧ar

Verb

centellear (first-person singular present centelleo, first-person singular preterite centelleé, past participle centelleado)

  1. (intransitive) to shimmer, twinkle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of centellear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive centellear
gerund centelleando
past participle masculine feminine
singular centelleado centelleada
plural centelleados centelleadas
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 centelleo centelleastú
centelleásvos 		centellea centelleamos centelleáis centellean
imperfect centelleaba centelleabas centelleaba centelleábamos centelleabais centelleaban
preterite centelleé centelleaste centelleó centelleamos centelleasteis centellearon
future centellearé centellearás centelleará centellearemos centellearéis centellearán
conditional centellearía centellearías centellearía centellearíamos centellearíais centellearían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present centellee centelleestú
centelleésvos2 		centellee centelleemos centelleéis centelleen
imperfect
(ra) 		centelleara centellearas centelleara centelleáramos centellearais centellearan
imperfect
(se) 		centellease centelleases centellease centelleásemos centelleaseis centelleasen
future1 centelleare centelleares centelleare centelleáremos centelleareis centellearen
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative centelleatú
centelleávos 		centellee centelleemos centellead centelleen
negative no centellees no centellee no centelleemos no centelleéis no centelleen

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

    Selected combined forms of centellear

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive centellear
dative centellearme centellearte centellearle, centellearse centellearnos centellearos centellearles, centellearse
accusative centellearme centellearte centellearlo, centellearla, centellearse centellearnos centellearos centellearlos, centellearlas, centellearse
with gerund centelleando
dative centelleándome centelleándote centelleándole, centelleándose centelleándonos centelleándoos centelleándoles, centelleándose
accusative centelleándome centelleándote centelleándolo, centelleándola, centelleándose centelleándonos centelleándoos centelleándolos, centelleándolas, centelleándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative centellea
dative centelléame centelléate centelléale centelléanos not used centelléales
accusative centelléame centelléate centelléalo, centelléala centelléanos not used centelléalos, centelléalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative centelleá
dative centelleame centelleate centelleale centelleanos not used centelleales
accusative centelleame centelleate centellealo, centelleala centelleanos not used centellealos, centellealas
with formal second-person singular imperative centellee
dative centelléeme not used centelléele, centelléese centelléenos not used centelléeles
accusative centelléeme not used centelléelo, centelléela, centelléese centelléenos not used centelléelos, centelléelas
with first-person plural imperative centelleemos
dative not used centelleémoste centelleémosle centelleémonos centelleémoos centelleémosles
accusative not used centelleémoste centelleémoslo, centelleémosla centelleémonos centelleémoos centelleémoslos, centelleémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative centellead
dative centelleadme not used centelleadle centelleadnos centelleaos centelleadles
accusative centelleadme not used centelleadlo, centelleadla centelleadnos centelleaos centelleadlos, centelleadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative centelleen
dative centelléenme not used centelléenle centelléennos not used centelléenles, centelléense
accusative centelléenme not used centelléenlo, centelléenla centelléennos not used centelléenlos, centelléenlas, centelléense

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