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, Paraguay, 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.

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