barritar

Spanish

Etymology

From Late Latin barriō (“to make the sound of an elephant”), from Latin barrus (“elephant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bariˈtaɾ/ [ba.riˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ba‧rri‧tar

Verb

barritar (first-person singular present barrito, first-person singular preterite barrité, past participle barritado)

1. to trumpet (to make an elephant call)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of barritar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			barritar
gerund			barritando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		barritado		barritada
		plural		barritados		barritadas
		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	barrito	barritastú barritásvos	barrita	barritamos	barritáis	barritan
	imperfect	barritaba	barritabas	barritaba	barritábamos	barritabais	barritaban
	preterite	barrité	barritaste	barritó	barritamos	barritasteis	barritaron
	future	barritaré	barritarás	barritará	barritaremos	barritaréis	barritarán
	conditional	barritaría	barritarías	barritaría	barritaríamos	barritaríais	barritarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	barrite	barritestú barritésvos2	barrite	barritemos	barritéis	barriten
	imperfect (ra)	barritara	barritaras	barritara	barritáramos	barritarais	barritaran
	imperfect (se)	barritase	barritases	barritase	barritásemos	barritaseis	barritasen
	future1	barritare	barritares	barritare	barritáremos	barritareis	barritaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		barritatú barritávos	barrite	barritemos	barritad	barriten
	negative		no barrites	no barrite	no barritemos	no barritéis	no barriten

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

Further reading

• “barritar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28