gatillar

Spanish

Etymology

From gatillo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡatiˈʝaɾ/ [ɡa.t̪iˈʝaɾ]

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

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

Verb

gatillar (first-person singular present gatillo, first-person singular preterite gatillé, past participle gatillado)

1. (Argentina, colloquial) to shell out, fork out (pay)
2. (Bolivia, Cono Sur) to trigger a firearm
   1. (Ecuador, Chile, Argentina) to start a process; trigger
      • 2015 December, “Sorpresa en "The Big Bang Theory": Sheldon Cooper da un giro radical”, in Emol‎^[1]:

        Gran parte de la presente temporada de "The Big Bang Theory" ha girado en torno al quiebre de la relación entre los personajes interpretados por Jim Parsons y Mayim Bialik, y su posterior reconciliación que gatilló que exista mayor intimidad entre ambos.

        A large part of the current season of "The Big Bang Theory" has revolved around the breakdown of the relationship between the characters played by Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik and their subsequent reconciliation that triggered [that there exists] greater intimacy between the two.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of gatillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			gatillar
gerund			gatillando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		gatillado		gatillada
		plural		gatillados		gatilladas
		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	gatillo	gatillastú gatillásvos	gatilla	gatillamos	gatilláis	gatillan
	imperfect	gatillaba	gatillabas	gatillaba	gatillábamos	gatillabais	gatillaban
	preterite	gatillé	gatillaste	gatilló	gatillamos	gatillasteis	gatillaron
	future	gatillaré	gatillarás	gatillará	gatillaremos	gatillaréis	gatillarán
	conditional	gatillaría	gatillarías	gatillaría	gatillaríamos	gatillaríais	gatillarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	gatille	gatillestú gatillésvos2	gatille	gatillemos	gatilléis	gatillen
	imperfect (ra)	gatillara	gatillaras	gatillara	gatilláramos	gatillarais	gatillaran
	imperfect (se)	gatillase	gatillases	gatillase	gatillásemos	gatillaseis	gatillasen
	future1	gatillare	gatillares	gatillare	gatilláremos	gatillareis	gatillaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		gatillatú gatillávos	gatille	gatillemos	gatillad	gatillen
	negative		no gatilles	no gatille	no gatillemos	no gatilléis	no gatillen

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

    Selected combined forms of gatillar

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 gatillar	dative	gatillarme	gatillarte	gatillarle, gatillarse	gatillarnos	gatillaros	gatillarles, gatillarse
	accusative	gatillarme	gatillarte	gatillarlo, gatillarla, gatillarse	gatillarnos	gatillaros	gatillarlos, gatillarlas, gatillarse
with gerund gatillando	dative	gatillándome	gatillándote	gatillándole, gatillándose	gatillándonos	gatillándoos	gatillándoles, gatillándose
	accusative	gatillándome	gatillándote	gatillándolo, gatillándola, gatillándose	gatillándonos	gatillándoos	gatillándolos, gatillándolas, gatillándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative gatilla	dative	gatíllame	gatíllate	gatíllale	gatíllanos	not used	gatíllales
	accusative	gatíllame	gatíllate	gatíllalo, gatíllala	gatíllanos	not used	gatíllalos, gatíllalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative gatillá	dative	gatillame	gatillate	gatillale	gatillanos	not used	gatillales
	accusative	gatillame	gatillate	gatillalo, gatillala	gatillanos	not used	gatillalos, gatillalas
with formal second-person singular imperative gatille	dative	gatílleme	not used	gatíllele, gatíllese	gatíllenos	not used	gatílleles
	accusative	gatílleme	not used	gatíllelo, gatíllela, gatíllese	gatíllenos	not used	gatíllelos, gatíllelas
with first-person plural imperative gatillemos	dative	not used	gatillémoste	gatillémosle	gatillémonos	gatillémoos	gatillémosles
	accusative	not used	gatillémoste	gatillémoslo, gatillémosla	gatillémonos	gatillémoos	gatillémoslos, gatillémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative gatillad	dative	gatilladme	not used	gatilladle	gatilladnos	gatillaos	gatilladles
	accusative	gatilladme	not used	gatilladlo, gatilladla	gatilladnos	gatillaos	gatilladlos, gatilladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative gatillen	dative	gatíllenme	not used	gatíllenle	gatíllennos	not used	gatíllenles, gatíllense
	accusative	gatíllenme	not used	gatíllenlo, gatíllenla	gatíllennos	not used	gatíllenlos, gatíllenlas, gatíllense

Further reading

• “gatillar”, 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