mancillar

Spanish

Etymology

From mancilla +‎ -ar.

Verb

mancillar (first-person singular present mancillo, first-person singular preterite mancillé, past participle mancillado)

1. to besmirch; to taint

   Synonym: (obsolete) amancillar

   • 1911, José Ingenieros, “Chapter V: Los caracteres mediocres”, in El hombre mediocre:

     Están mancillados desde la cuna; aun no habiendo menester de beneficios, son instintivamente serviles.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of mancillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			mancillar
gerund			mancillando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		mancillado		mancillada
		plural		mancillados		mancilladas
		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	mancillo	mancillastú mancillásvos	mancilla	mancillamos	mancilláis	mancillan
	imperfect	mancillaba	mancillabas	mancillaba	mancillábamos	mancillabais	mancillaban
	preterite	mancillé	mancillaste	mancilló	mancillamos	mancillasteis	mancillaron
	future	mancillaré	mancillarás	mancillará	mancillaremos	mancillaréis	mancillarán
	conditional	mancillaría	mancillarías	mancillaría	mancillaríamos	mancillaríais	mancillarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mancille	mancillestú mancillésvos2	mancille	mancillemos	mancilléis	mancillen
	imperfect (ra)	mancillara	mancillaras	mancillara	mancilláramos	mancillarais	mancillaran
	imperfect (se)	mancillase	mancillases	mancillase	mancillásemos	mancillaseis	mancillasen
	future1	mancillare	mancillares	mancillare	mancilláremos	mancillareis	mancillaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		mancillatú mancillávos	mancille	mancillemos	mancillad	mancillen
	negative		no mancilles	no mancille	no mancillemos	no mancilléis	no mancillen

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

    Selected combined forms of mancillar

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 mancillar
	dative	mancillarme	mancillarte	mancillarle, mancillarse	mancillarnos	mancillaros	mancillarles, mancillarse
	accusative	mancillarme	mancillarte	mancillarlo, mancillarla, mancillarse	mancillarnos	mancillaros	mancillarlos, mancillarlas, mancillarse
with gerund mancillando
	dative	mancillándome	mancillándote	mancillándole, mancillándose	mancillándonos	mancillándoos	mancillándoles, mancillándose
	accusative	mancillándome	mancillándote	mancillándolo, mancillándola, mancillándose	mancillándonos	mancillándoos	mancillándolos, mancillándolas, mancillándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative mancilla
	dative	mancíllame	mancíllate	mancíllale	mancíllanos	not used	mancíllales
	accusative	mancíllame	mancíllate	mancíllalo, mancíllala	mancíllanos	not used	mancíllalos, mancíllalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative mancillá
	dative	mancillame	mancillate	mancillale	mancillanos	not used	mancillales
	accusative	mancillame	mancillate	mancillalo, mancillala	mancillanos	not used	mancillalos, mancillalas
with formal second-person singular imperative mancille
	dative	mancílleme	not used	mancíllele, mancíllese	mancíllenos	not used	mancílleles
	accusative	mancílleme	not used	mancíllelo, mancíllela, mancíllese	mancíllenos	not used	mancíllelos, mancíllelas
with first-person plural imperative mancillemos
	dative	not used	mancillémoste	mancillémosle	mancillémonos	mancillémoos	mancillémosles
	accusative	not used	mancillémoste	mancillémoslo, mancillémosla	mancillémonos	mancillémoos	mancillémoslos, mancillémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative mancillad
	dative	mancilladme	not used	mancilladle	mancilladnos	mancillaos	mancilladles
	accusative	mancilladme	not used	mancilladlo, mancilladla	mancilladnos	mancillaos	mancilladlos, mancilladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative mancillen
	dative	mancíllenme	not used	mancíllenle	mancíllennos	not used	mancíllenles, mancíllense
	accusative	mancíllenme	not used	mancíllenlo, mancíllenla	mancíllennos	not used	mancíllenlos, mancíllenlas, mancíllense

Further reading

• “mancillar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28