aguillar

Galician

Alternative forms

• aguilhar (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese aguillar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), ultimately from Latin aculeus (“sting”). Cognate with Portuguese aguilhar and Spanish aguijar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɣiˈʎaɾ/

Verb

aguillar (first-person singular present aguillo, first-person singular preterite aguillei, past participle aguillado)

1. to goad; to spur

   Synonyms: aguilloar, tanguer

2. to spur; to charge
   • c1350, K. M. Parker (ed.), Historia Troyana. Santiago: Instituto "Padre Sarmiento", page 352:

     Sabede que por nẽgũa maneyra nõ lles podiamos escapar nẽ fogir, que tãto aguillarõ que nos alcãçarõ moyto agiña

     You should know that in no way were we able to run away or flee from them, because so they spurred that reached us in no time

   Synonyms: aguilloar, esporear

3. to incite

   Synonyms: aguilloar, atouzar, esporear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aguillar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	aguillar
Personal	aguillar	aguillares	aguillar	aguillarmos	aguillardes	aguillaren
Gerund
	aguillando
Past participle
Masculine	aguillado			aguillados
Feminine	aguillada			aguilladas
Indicative
Present	aguillo	aguillas	aguilla	aguillamos	aguillades	aguillan
Imperfect	aguillaba	aguillabas	aguillaba	aguillabamos	aguillabades	aguillaban
Preterite	aguillei	aguillaches	aguillou	aguillamos	aguillastes	aguillaron
Pluperfect	aguillara	aguillaras	aguillara	aguillaramos	aguillarades	aguillaran
Future	aguillarei	aguillarás	aguillará	aguillaremos	aguillaredes	aguillarán
Conditional	aguillaría	aguillarías	aguillaría	aguillariamos	aguillariades	aguillarían
Subjunctive
Present	aguille	aguilles	aguille	aguillemos	aguilledes	aguillen
Imperfect	aguillase	aguillases	aguillase	aguillásemos	aguillásedes	aguillasen
Future	aguillar	aguillares	aguillar	aguillarmos	aguillardes	aguillaren
Imperative
Affirmative		aguilla	aguille	aguillemos	aguillade	aguillen
Negative (non)		non aguilles	non aguille	non aguillemos	non aguilledes	non aguillen

Related terms

• aguilloar
• aguillón

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aguillar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “aguill”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aguillar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aguillar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aguillar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN