engatillar

Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ gatillo +‎ -ar. Cognate with Portuguese engatilhar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /enɡatiˈʝaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡa.t̪iˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /enɡatiˈʝaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡa.t̪iˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /enɡatiˈʎaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡa.t̪iˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /enɡatiˈʃaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡa.t̪iˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /enɡatiˈʒaɾ/ [ẽŋ.ɡa.t̪iˈʒaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧ga‧ti‧llar

Verb

engatillar (first-person singular present engatillo, first-person singular preterite engatillé, past participle engatillado)

1. to pull the trigger

Conjugation

    Conjugation of engatillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			engatillar
gerund			engatillando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		engatillado		engatillada
		plural		engatillados		engatilladas
		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	engatillo	engatillastú engatillásvos	engatilla	engatillamos	engatilláis	engatillan
	imperfect	engatillaba	engatillabas	engatillaba	engatillábamos	engatillabais	engatillaban
	preterite	engatillé	engatillaste	engatilló	engatillamos	engatillasteis	engatillaron
	future	engatillaré	engatillarás	engatillará	engatillaremos	engatillaréis	engatillarán
	conditional	engatillaría	engatillarías	engatillaría	engatillaríamos	engatillaríais	engatillarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	engatille	engatillestú engatillésvos2	engatille	engatillemos	engatilléis	engatillen
	imperfect (ra)	engatillara	engatillaras	engatillara	engatilláramos	engatillarais	engatillaran
	imperfect (se)	engatillase	engatillases	engatillase	engatillásemos	engatillaseis	engatillasen
	future1	engatillare	engatillares	engatillare	engatilláremos	engatillareis	engatillaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		engatillatú engatillávos	engatille	engatillemos	engatillad	engatillen
	negative		no engatilles	no engatille	no engatillemos	no engatilléis	no engatillen

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

    Selected combined forms of engatillar

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 engatillar	dative	engatillarme	engatillarte	engatillarle, engatillarse	engatillarnos	engatillaros	engatillarles, engatillarse
	accusative	engatillarme	engatillarte	engatillarlo, engatillarla, engatillarse	engatillarnos	engatillaros	engatillarlos, engatillarlas, engatillarse
with gerund engatillando	dative	engatillándome	engatillándote	engatillándole, engatillándose	engatillándonos	engatillándoos	engatillándoles, engatillándose
	accusative	engatillándome	engatillándote	engatillándolo, engatillándola, engatillándose	engatillándonos	engatillándoos	engatillándolos, engatillándolas, engatillándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative engatilla	dative	engatíllame	engatíllate	engatíllale	engatíllanos	not used	engatíllales
	accusative	engatíllame	engatíllate	engatíllalo, engatíllala	engatíllanos	not used	engatíllalos, engatíllalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative engatillá	dative	engatillame	engatillate	engatillale	engatillanos	not used	engatillales
	accusative	engatillame	engatillate	engatillalo, engatillala	engatillanos	not used	engatillalos, engatillalas
with formal second-person singular imperative engatille	dative	engatílleme	not used	engatíllele, engatíllese	engatíllenos	not used	engatílleles
	accusative	engatílleme	not used	engatíllelo, engatíllela, engatíllese	engatíllenos	not used	engatíllelos, engatíllelas
with first-person plural imperative engatillemos	dative	not used	engatillémoste	engatillémosle	engatillémonos	engatillémoos	engatillémosles
	accusative	not used	engatillémoste	engatillémoslo, engatillémosla	engatillémonos	engatillémoos	engatillémoslos, engatillémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative engatillad	dative	engatilladme	not used	engatilladle	engatilladnos	engatillaos	engatilladles
	accusative	engatilladme	not used	engatilladlo, engatilladla	engatilladnos	engatillaos	engatilladlos, engatilladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative engatillen	dative	engatíllenme	not used	engatíllenle	engatíllennos	not used	engatíllenles, engatíllense
	accusative	engatíllenme	not used	engatíllenlo, engatíllenla	engatíllennos	not used	engatíllenlos, engatíllenlas, engatíllense

Further reading

• “engatillar”, 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