martillear

Spanish

Etymology

From martillo +‎ -ear.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /maɾtiʝeˈaɾ/ [maɾ.t̪i.ʝeˈaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /maɾtiʝeˈaɾ/ [maɾ.t̪i.ʝeˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /maɾtiʎeˈaɾ/ [maɾ.t̪i.ʎeˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /maɾtiʃeˈaɾ/ [maɾ.t̪i.ʃeˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /maɾtiʒeˈaɾ/ [maɾ.t̪i.ʒeˈaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: mar‧ti‧lle‧ar

Verb

martillear (first-person singular present martilleo, first-person singular preterite martilleé, past participle martilleado)

1. to hit with a hammer
2. to pound
   • 2017 August 9, “Ideas maravillosas para liberar la mente”, in El Nuevo Diario‎^[1], archived from the original on 14 November 2017:

     Imagine que le da vueltas a un asunto que le martillea la cabeza pero sin encontrar una solución.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. to hammer on

Conjugation

    Conjugation of martillear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			martillear
gerund			martilleando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		martilleado		martilleada
		plural		martilleados		martilleadas
		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	martilleo	martilleastú martilleásvos	martillea	martilleamos	martilleáis	martillean
	imperfect	martilleaba	martilleabas	martilleaba	martilleábamos	martilleabais	martilleaban
	preterite	martilleé	martilleaste	martilleó	martilleamos	martilleasteis	martillearon
	future	martillearé	martillearás	martilleará	martillearemos	martillearéis	martillearán
	conditional	martillearía	martillearías	martillearía	martillearíamos	martillearíais	martillearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	martillee	martilleestú martilleésvos2	martillee	martilleemos	martilleéis	martilleen
	imperfect (ra)	martilleara	martillearas	martilleara	martilleáramos	martillearais	martillearan
	imperfect (se)	martillease	martilleases	martillease	martilleásemos	martilleaseis	martilleasen
	future1	martilleare	martilleares	martilleare	martilleáremos	martilleareis	martillearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		martilleatú martilleávos	martillee	martilleemos	martillead	martilleen
	negative		no martillees	no martillee	no martilleemos	no martilleéis	no martilleen

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

    Selected combined forms of martillear

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 martillear
	dative	martillearme	martillearte	martillearle, martillearse	martillearnos	martillearos	martillearles, martillearse
	accusative	martillearme	martillearte	martillearlo, martillearla, martillearse	martillearnos	martillearos	martillearlos, martillearlas, martillearse
with gerund martilleando
	dative	martilleándome	martilleándote	martilleándole, martilleándose	martilleándonos	martilleándoos	martilleándoles, martilleándose
	accusative	martilleándome	martilleándote	martilleándolo, martilleándola, martilleándose	martilleándonos	martilleándoos	martilleándolos, martilleándolas, martilleándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative martillea
	dative	martilléame	martilléate	martilléale	martilléanos	not used	martilléales
	accusative	martilléame	martilléate	martilléalo, martilléala	martilléanos	not used	martilléalos, martilléalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative martilleá
	dative	martilleame	martilleate	martilleale	martilleanos	not used	martilleales
	accusative	martilleame	martilleate	martillealo, martilleala	martilleanos	not used	martillealos, martillealas
with formal second-person singular imperative martillee
	dative	martilléeme	not used	martilléele, martilléese	martilléenos	not used	martilléeles
	accusative	martilléeme	not used	martilléelo, martilléela, martilléese	martilléenos	not used	martilléelos, martilléelas
with first-person plural imperative martilleemos
	dative	not used	martilleémoste	martilleémosle	martilleémonos	martilleémoos	martilleémosles
	accusative	not used	martilleémoste	martilleémoslo, martilleémosla	martilleémonos	martilleémoos	martilleémoslos, martilleémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative martillead
	dative	martilleadme	not used	martilleadle	martilleadnos	martilleaos	martilleadles
	accusative	martilleadme	not used	martilleadlo, martilleadla	martilleadnos	martilleaos	martilleadlos, martilleadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative martilleen
	dative	martilléenme	not used	martilléenle	martilléennos	not used	martilléenles, martilléense
	accusative	martilléenme	not used	martilléenlo, martilléenla	martilléennos	not used	martilléenlos, martilléenlas, martilléense

Derived terms

• martilleo

 

Further reading

• “martillear”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28