guillotinar

Spanish

Etymology

From guillotina +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡiʝotiˈnaɾ/ [ɡi.ʝo.t̪iˈnaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡiʝotiˈnaɾ/ [ɡi.ʝo.t̪iˈnaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ɡiʎotiˈnaɾ/ [ɡi.ʎo.t̪iˈnaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡiʃotiˈnaɾ/ [ɡi.ʃo.t̪iˈnaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡiʒotiˈnaɾ/ [ɡi.ʒo.t̪iˈnaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: gui‧llo‧ti‧nar

Verb

guillotinar (first-person singular present guillotino, first-person singular preterite guillotiné, past participle guillotinado)

1. to guillotine

Conjugation

    Conjugation of guillotinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			guillotinar
gerund			guillotinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		guillotinado		guillotinada
		plural		guillotinados		guillotinadas
		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	guillotino	guillotinastú guillotinásvos	guillotina	guillotinamos	guillotináis	guillotinan
	imperfect	guillotinaba	guillotinabas	guillotinaba	guillotinábamos	guillotinabais	guillotinaban
	preterite	guillotiné	guillotinaste	guillotinó	guillotinamos	guillotinasteis	guillotinaron
	future	guillotinaré	guillotinarás	guillotinará	guillotinaremos	guillotinaréis	guillotinarán
	conditional	guillotinaría	guillotinarías	guillotinaría	guillotinaríamos	guillotinaríais	guillotinarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	guillotine	guillotinestú guillotinésvos2	guillotine	guillotinemos	guillotinéis	guillotinen
	imperfect (ra)	guillotinara	guillotinaras	guillotinara	guillotináramos	guillotinarais	guillotinaran
	imperfect (se)	guillotinase	guillotinases	guillotinase	guillotinásemos	guillotinaseis	guillotinasen
	future1	guillotinare	guillotinares	guillotinare	guillotináremos	guillotinareis	guillotinaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		guillotinatú guillotinávos	guillotine	guillotinemos	guillotinad	guillotinen
	negative		no guillotines	no guillotine	no guillotinemos	no guillotinéis	no guillotinen

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

Further reading

• “guillotinar”, 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