gatillar

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Spanish

Etymology

From gatillo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡatiˈʝaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ɡatiˈʎaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡatiˈʃaɾ/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡatiˈʒaɾ/

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ga‧ti‧llar

Verb

gatillar (first-person singular present gatillo, first-person singular preterite gatillé, past participle gatillado)

  1. (Argentina, colloquial) to shell out, fork out (pay)
  2. (transitive) to trigger
    • 2015 December, “Sorpresa en "The Big Bang Theory": Sheldon Cooper da un giro radical”, in Emol‎:
      Gran parte de la presente temporada de "The Big Bang Theory" ha girado en torno al quiebre de la relación entre los personajes interpretados por Jim Parsons y Mayim Bialik, y su posterior reconciliación que gatilló que exista mayor intimidad entre ambos.
      A large part of the current season of "The Big Bang Theory" has revolved around the breakdown of the relationship between the characters played by Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik and their subsequent reconciliation that triggered greater intimacy between the two.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gatillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive gatillar
gerund gatillando
past participle masculine feminine
singular gatillado gatillada
plural gatillados gatilladas
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 gatillo gatillastú
gatillásvos 		gatilla gatillamos gatilláis gatillan
imperfect gatillaba gatillabas gatillaba gatillábamos gatillabais gatillaban
preterite gatillé gatillaste gatilló gatillamos gatillasteis gatillaron
future gatillaré gatillarás gatillará gatillaremos gatillaréis gatillarán
conditional gatillaría gatillarías gatillaría gatillaríamos gatillaríais gatillarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present gatille gatillestú
gatillésvos2 		gatille gatillemos gatilléis gatillen
imperfect
(ra) 		gatillara gatillaras gatillara gatilláramos gatillarais gatillaran
imperfect
(se) 		gatillase gatillases gatillase gatillásemos gatillaseis gatillasen
future1 gatillare gatillares gatillare gatilláremos gatillareis gatillaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative gatillatú
gatillávos 		gatille gatillemos gatillad gatillen
negative no gatilles no gatille no gatillemos no gatilléis no gatillen

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

    Selected combined forms of gatillar

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 gatillar
dative gatillarme gatillarte gatillarle, gatillarse gatillarnos gatillaros gatillarles, gatillarse
accusative gatillarme gatillarte gatillarlo, gatillarla, gatillarse gatillarnos gatillaros gatillarlos, gatillarlas, gatillarse
with gerund gatillando
dative gatillándome gatillándote gatillándole, gatillándose gatillándonos gatillándoos gatillándoles, gatillándose
accusative gatillándome gatillándote gatillándolo, gatillándola, gatillándose gatillándonos gatillándoos gatillándolos, gatillándolas, gatillándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative gatilla
dative gatíllame gatíllate gatíllale gatíllanos not used gatíllales
accusative gatíllame gatíllate gatíllalo, gatíllala gatíllanos not used gatíllalos, gatíllalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative gatillá
dative gatillame gatillate gatillale gatillanos not used gatillales
accusative gatillame gatillate gatillalo, gatillala gatillanos not used gatillalos, gatillalas
with formal second-person singular imperative gatille
dative gatílleme not used gatíllele, gatíllese gatíllenos not used gatílleles
accusative gatílleme not used gatíllelo, gatíllela, gatíllese gatíllenos not used gatíllelos, gatíllelas
with first-person plural imperative gatillemos
dative not used gatillémoste gatillémosle gatillémonos gatillémoos gatillémosles
accusative not used gatillémoste gatillémoslo, gatillémosla gatillémonos gatillémoos gatillémoslos, gatillémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative gatillad
dative gatilladme not used gatilladle gatilladnos gatillaos gatilladles
accusative gatilladme not used gatilladlo, gatilladla gatilladnos gatillaos gatilladlos, gatilladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative gatillen
dative gatíllenme not used gatíllenle gatíllennos not used gatíllenles, gatíllense
accusative gatíllenme not used gatíllenlo, gatíllenla gatíllennos not used gatíllenlos, gatíllenlas, gatíllense

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