cencerrear

Spanish

Etymology

From cencerro +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θenθereˈaɾ/ [θẽn̟.θe.reˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sensereˈaɾ/ [sẽn.se.reˈaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cen‧ce‧rre‧ar

Verb

cencerrear (first-person singular present cencerreo, first-person singular preterite cencerreé, past participle cencerreado)

1. (intransitive) to play or ring a cowbell
2. (intransitive) to screech (make an unpleasant sound)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cencerrear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cencerrear
gerund			cencerreando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cencerreado		cencerreada
		plural		cencerreados		cencerreadas
		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	cencerreo	cencerreastú cencerreásvos	cencerrea	cencerreamos	cencerreáis	cencerrean
	imperfect	cencerreaba	cencerreabas	cencerreaba	cencerreábamos	cencerreabais	cencerreaban
	preterite	cencerreé	cencerreaste	cencerreó	cencerreamos	cencerreasteis	cencerrearon
	future	cencerrearé	cencerrearás	cencerreará	cencerrearemos	cencerrearéis	cencerrearán
	conditional	cencerrearía	cencerrearías	cencerrearía	cencerrearíamos	cencerrearíais	cencerrearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cencerree	cencerreestú cencerreésvos2	cencerree	cencerreemos	cencerreéis	cencerreen
	imperfect (ra)	cencerreara	cencerrearas	cencerreara	cencerreáramos	cencerrearais	cencerrearan
	imperfect (se)	cencerrease	cencerreases	cencerrease	cencerreásemos	cencerreaseis	cencerreasen
	future1	cencerreare	cencerreares	cencerreare	cencerreáremos	cencerreareis	cencerrearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cencerreatú cencerreávos	cencerree	cencerreemos	cencerread	cencerreen
	negative		no cencerrees	no cencerree	no cencerreemos	no cencerreéis	no cencerreen

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

    Selected combined forms of cencerrear

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 cencerrear	dative	cencerrearme	cencerrearte	cencerrearle, cencerrearse	cencerrearnos	cencerrearos	cencerrearles, cencerrearse
	accusative	cencerrearme	cencerrearte	cencerrearlo, cencerrearla, cencerrearse	cencerrearnos	cencerrearos	cencerrearlos, cencerrearlas, cencerrearse
with gerund cencerreando	dative	cencerreándome	cencerreándote	cencerreándole, cencerreándose	cencerreándonos	cencerreándoos	cencerreándoles, cencerreándose
	accusative	cencerreándome	cencerreándote	cencerreándolo, cencerreándola, cencerreándose	cencerreándonos	cencerreándoos	cencerreándolos, cencerreándolas, cencerreándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative cencerrea	dative	cencerréame	cencerréate	cencerréale	cencerréanos	not used	cencerréales
	accusative	cencerréame	cencerréate	cencerréalo, cencerréala	cencerréanos	not used	cencerréalos, cencerréalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative cencerreá	dative	cencerreame	cencerreate	cencerreale	cencerreanos	not used	cencerreales
	accusative	cencerreame	cencerreate	cencerrealo, cencerreala	cencerreanos	not used	cencerrealos, cencerrealas
with formal second-person singular imperative cencerree	dative	cencerréeme	not used	cencerréele, cencerréese	cencerréenos	not used	cencerréeles
	accusative	cencerréeme	not used	cencerréelo, cencerréela, cencerréese	cencerréenos	not used	cencerréelos, cencerréelas
with first-person plural imperative cencerreemos	dative	not used	cencerreémoste	cencerreémosle	cencerreémonos	cencerreémoos	cencerreémosles
	accusative	not used	cencerreémoste	cencerreémoslo, cencerreémosla	cencerreémonos	cencerreémoos	cencerreémoslos, cencerreémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cencerread	dative	cencerreadme	not used	cencerreadle	cencerreadnos	cencerreaos	cencerreadles
	accusative	cencerreadme	not used	cencerreadlo, cencerreadla	cencerreadnos	cencerreaos	cencerreadlos, cencerreadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cencerreen	dative	cencerréenme	not used	cencerréenle	cencerréennos	not used	cencerréenles, cencerréense
	accusative	cencerréenme	not used	cencerréenlo, cencerréenla	cencerréennos	not used	cencerréenlos, cencerréenlas, cencerréense

Further reading

• “cencerrear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10