centellar

Spanish

Etymology

From centella, or possibly from Latin scintillāre, and thus a doublet of cintilar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θenteˈʝaɾ/ [θẽn̪.t̪eˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain) /θenteˈʝaɾ/ [θẽn̪.t̪eˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain) /θenteˈʎaɾ/ [θẽn̪.t̪eˈʎaɾ]

 

• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /senteˈʝaɾ/ [sẽn̪.t̪eˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Latin America) /senteˈʝaɾ/ [sẽn̪.t̪eˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /senteˈʎaɾ/ [sẽn̪.t̪eˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /senteˈʃaɾ/ [sẽn̪.t̪eˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /senteˈʒaɾ/ [sẽn̪.t̪eˈʒaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cen‧te‧llar

Verb

centellar (first-person singular present centello, first-person singular preterite centellé, past participle centellado)

1. Obsolete form of centellear; to twinkle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of centellar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			centellar
gerund			centellando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		centellado		centellada
		plural		centellados		centelladas
		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	centello	centellastú centellásvos	centella	centellamos	centelláis	centellan
	imperfect	centellaba	centellabas	centellaba	centellábamos	centellabais	centellaban
	preterite	centellé	centellaste	centelló	centellamos	centellasteis	centellaron
	future	centellaré	centellarás	centellará	centellaremos	centellaréis	centellarán
	conditional	centellaría	centellarías	centellaría	centellaríamos	centellaríais	centellarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	centelle	centellestú centellésvos2	centelle	centellemos	centelléis	centellen
	imperfect (ra)	centellara	centellaras	centellara	centelláramos	centellarais	centellaran
	imperfect (se)	centellase	centellases	centellase	centellásemos	centellaseis	centellasen
	future1	centellare	centellares	centellare	centelláremos	centellareis	centellaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		centellatú centellávos	centelle	centellemos	centellad	centellen
	negative		no centelles	no centelle	no centellemos	no centelléis	no centellen

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

Further reading

• “centellar”, 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