aquellar

Spanish

Etymology

From aquello (“that (over ther)”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /akeˈʝaɾ/ [a.keˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /akeˈʝaɾ/ [a.keˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /akeˈʎaɾ/ [a.keˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /akeˈʃaɾ/ [a.keˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /akeˈʒaɾ/ [a.keˈʒaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧que‧llar

Verb

aquellar (first-person singular present aquello, first-person singular preterite aquellé, past participle aquellado)

1. (transitive, colloquial, obsolete) Used as a placeholder for any verb, usually when the speaker doesn't remember it, doesn't know it, or attempts to avoid it.

   Él aquelló toda la casa.

   He cleaned the entire house.

   Aquellá lo que tiraste, rápido.

   Pick up what you dropped, quickly.

   • 1989, Marcial Morera Pérez, “El verbo español «aquellar»: su definición semántica”, in Anuario del Archivo Histórico Insular de Fuerteventura‎^[1], number 2, page 241:

     Aquella planchita hay que aquellarla para el otro lado

     We need to move that slab to the other side.

2. (pronominal, colloquial, obsolete) Used as a subsitution of any verb, usually when the speaker doesn't remember it, doesn't know it, or attempts to avoid it.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aquellar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			aquellar
gerund			aquellando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aquellado		aquellada
		plural		aquellados		aquelladas
		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	aquello	aquellastú aquellásvos	aquella	aquellamos	aquelláis	aquellan
	imperfect	aquellaba	aquellabas	aquellaba	aquellábamos	aquellabais	aquellaban
	preterite	aquellé	aquellaste	aquelló	aquellamos	aquellasteis	aquellaron
	future	aquellaré	aquellarás	aquellará	aquellaremos	aquellaréis	aquellarán
	conditional	aquellaría	aquellarías	aquellaría	aquellaríamos	aquellaríais	aquellarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aquelle	aquellestú aquellésvos2	aquelle	aquellemos	aquelléis	aquellen
	imperfect (ra)	aquellara	aquellaras	aquellara	aquelláramos	aquellarais	aquellaran
	imperfect (se)	aquellase	aquellases	aquellase	aquellásemos	aquellaseis	aquellasen
	future1	aquellare	aquellares	aquellare	aquelláremos	aquellareis	aquellaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aquellatú aquellávos	aquelle	aquellemos	aquellad	aquellen
	negative		no aquelles	no aquelle	no aquellemos	no aquelléis	no aquellen

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

    Selected combined forms of aquellar

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 aquellar
	dative	aquellarme	aquellarte	aquellarle, aquellarse	aquellarnos	aquellaros	aquellarles, aquellarse
	accusative	aquellarme	aquellarte	aquellarlo, aquellarla, aquellarse	aquellarnos	aquellaros	aquellarlos, aquellarlas, aquellarse
with gerund aquellando
	dative	aquellándome	aquellándote	aquellándole, aquellándose	aquellándonos	aquellándoos	aquellándoles, aquellándose
	accusative	aquellándome	aquellándote	aquellándolo, aquellándola, aquellándose	aquellándonos	aquellándoos	aquellándolos, aquellándolas, aquellándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative aquella
	dative	aquéllame	aquéllate	aquéllale	aquéllanos	not used	aquéllales
	accusative	aquéllame	aquéllate	aquéllalo, aquéllala	aquéllanos	not used	aquéllalos, aquéllalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative aquellá
	dative	aquellame	aquellate	aquellale	aquellanos	not used	aquellales
	accusative	aquellame	aquellate	aquellalo, aquellala	aquellanos	not used	aquellalos, aquellalas
with formal second-person singular imperative aquelle
	dative	aquélleme	not used	aquéllele, aquéllese	aquéllenos	not used	aquélleles
	accusative	aquélleme	not used	aquéllelo, aquéllela, aquéllese	aquéllenos	not used	aquéllelos, aquéllelas
with first-person plural imperative aquellemos
	dative	not used	aquellémoste	aquellémosle	aquellémonos	aquellémoos	aquellémosles
	accusative	not used	aquellémoste	aquellémoslo, aquellémosla	aquellémonos	aquellémoos	aquellémoslos, aquellémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative aquellad
	dative	aquelladme	not used	aquelladle	aquelladnos	aquellaos	aquelladles
	accusative	aquelladme	not used	aquelladlo, aquelladla	aquelladnos	aquellaos	aquelladlos, aquelladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aquellen
	dative	aquéllenme	not used	aquéllenle	aquéllennos	not used	aquéllenles, aquéllense
	accusative	aquéllenme	not used	aquéllenlo, aquéllenla	aquéllennos	not used	aquéllenlos, aquéllenlas, aquéllense

Further reading

• “aquellar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28
• El verbo español "aquellar": su definición semántica