henchir

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish fenchir, enchir, from Vulgar Latin *implīre, from Latin implēre.

Comments

According to Coromines & Pascual, the initial f- in Old Spanish is likely due to phonetic and semantic similarities with finchar > modern hinchar. In dwindling use by the 16th century, henchir was increasingly limited to idioms, and they mention that Juan de Valdés complained about needing to use the verb in such expressions due to an easy confusion with hinchar, giving as an example De servidores leales se hinchen los ospitales, meaning 'the guesthouses are filled with loyal servants' (with henchir), but ambiguously also the nonsensical 'the guesthouses should be air-filled using loyal servants' (with hinchar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /enˈt͡ʃiɾ/
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: hen‧chir

Verb

henchir (first-person singular present hincho, first-person singular preterite henchí, past participle henchido)

  1. (literary, transitive) to swell, to fill something
  2. (obsolete, figurative, transitive) to fill (a job position)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of henchir (e-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive henchir
gerund hinchiendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular henchido henchida
plural henchidos henchidas
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 hincho hinchestú
henchísvos 		hinche henchimos henchís hinchen
imperfect henchía henchías henchía henchíamos henchíais henchían
preterite henchí henchiste hinchió henchimos henchisteis hinchieron
future henchiré henchirás henchirá henchiremos henchiréis henchirán
conditional henchiría henchirías henchiría henchiríamos henchiríais henchirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present hincha hinchastú
hinchásvos2 		hincha hinchamos hincháis hinchan
imperfect
(ra) 		hinchiera hinchieras hinchiera hinchiéramos hinchierais hinchieran
imperfect
(se) 		hinchiese hinchieses hinchiese hinchiésemos hinchieseis hinchiesen
future1 hinchiere hinchieres hinchiere hinchiéremos hinchiereis hinchieren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative hinchetú
henchívos 		hincha hinchamos henchid hinchan
negative no hinchas no hincha no hinchamos no hincháis no hinchan

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

    Selected combined forms of henchir (e-i alternation)

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 henchir
dative henchirme henchirte henchirle, henchirse henchirnos henchiros henchirles, henchirse
accusative henchirme henchirte henchirlo, henchirla, henchirse henchirnos henchiros henchirlos, henchirlas, henchirse
with gerund hinchiendo
dative hinchiéndome hinchiéndote hinchiéndole, hinchiéndose hinchiéndonos hinchiéndoos hinchiéndoles, hinchiéndose
accusative hinchiéndome hinchiéndote hinchiéndolo, hinchiéndola, hinchiéndose hinchiéndonos hinchiéndoos hinchiéndolos, hinchiéndolas, hinchiéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative hinche
dative híncheme hínchete hínchele hínchenos not used híncheles
accusative híncheme hínchete hínchelo, hínchela hínchenos not used hínchelos, hínchelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative henchí
dative henchime henchite henchile henchinos not used henchiles
accusative henchime henchite henchilo, henchila henchinos not used henchilos, henchilas
with formal second-person singular imperative hincha
dative hínchame not used hínchale, hínchase hínchanos not used hínchales
accusative hínchame not used hínchalo, hínchala, hínchase hínchanos not used hínchalos, hínchalas
with first-person plural imperative hinchamos
dative not used hinchámoste hinchámosle hinchámonos hinchámoos hinchámosles
accusative not used hinchámoste hinchámoslo, hinchámosla hinchámonos hinchámoos hinchámoslos, hinchámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative henchid
dative henchidme not used henchidle henchidnos henchíos henchidles
accusative henchidme not used henchidlo, henchidla henchidnos henchíos henchidlos, henchidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative hinchan
dative hínchanme not used hínchanle hínchannos not used hínchanles, hínchanse
accusative hínchanme not used hínchanlo, hínchanla hínchannos not used hínchanlos, hínchanlas, hínchanse

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