rehilar

Spanish

FWOTD – 3 June 2019

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *refilare, which is derived from Latin fīlum (“thread”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reiˈlaɾ/ [rei̯ˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: rehi‧lar

Verb

rehilar (first-person singular present rehílo, first-person singular preterite rehilé, past participle rehilado)

1. (transitive) to twist hard; to spin too much
   • 2015, Miguel Ángel Cañedo Fernández, Manejo y mantenimiento de equipos de recolección de productos agrarios, 5th edition, page 73:

     Los filamentos sintéticos plásticos que se presentan de forma continua, son cortados previamente por una máquina cortadora para asimilarlos a las fibras naturales. Muchas veces se rehílan en máquinas de hilado de algodón o lana para eliminar el aspecto vítreo y brillante de las telas sintéticas.

     Plastic synthetic filaments that appear in continuous form are previously cut by a cutting machine to make them resemble natural fibers. Often they are twisted hard in cotton- or wool-spinning machines to remove the glassy and shiny appearance of synthetic fabrics.

2. (intransitive) to quiver, to tremble

   Synonym: temblar

   • 2011, Luis Miguel González, La agonía de la serpiente, →ISBN, page 182:

     —Un café sería lo más apropiado para mis nervios— contestó David que mostraba a su amigo cómo le rehilaban las manos —; mejor dame un chatito de vino.

     "A coffee would be the most appropriate thing for my nerves," answered David, who showed his friend how his hands trembled. "Even better, give me a little tumbler of wine."

3. (transitive, phonetics) to pronounce some consonants as a postalveolar fricative (as either voiced /ʒ/ or voiceless /ʃ/)
   • 2015 [1988], José G. Moreno de Alba, El español en América, →ISBN:

     De conformidad con Argüello (1987: 663), en Ecuador se conserva la /ll/ en el nororiente y en el sur; en la Sierra se sonoriza y se rehíla; hay yeísmo en la costa.

     As per Argüello (1987: 663), in Ecuador, /ll/ is preserved in the northeast and in the south; in the Sierra it is voiced and pronounced as a postalveolar fricative; there is yeísmo on the coast.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rehilar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			rehilar
gerund			rehilando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rehilado		rehilada
		plural		rehilados		rehiladas
		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	rehílo	rehílastú rehilásvos	rehíla	rehilamos	rehiláis	rehílan
	imperfect	rehilaba	rehilabas	rehilaba	rehilábamos	rehilabais	rehilaban
	preterite	rehilé	rehilaste	rehiló	rehilamos	rehilasteis	rehilaron
	future	rehilaré	rehilarás	rehilará	rehilaremos	rehilaréis	rehilarán
	conditional	rehilaría	rehilarías	rehilaría	rehilaríamos	rehilaríais	rehilarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rehíle	rehílestú rehilésvos2	rehíle	rehilemos	rehiléis	rehílen
	imperfect (ra)	rehilara	rehilaras	rehilara	rehiláramos	rehilarais	rehilaran
	imperfect (se)	rehilase	rehilases	rehilase	rehilásemos	rehilaseis	rehilasen
	future1	rehilare	rehilares	rehilare	rehiláremos	rehilareis	rehilaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rehílatú rehilávos	rehíle	rehilemos	rehilad	rehílen
	negative		no rehíles	no rehíle	no rehilemos	no rehiléis	no rehílen

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

    Selected combined forms of rehilar (i-í alternation)

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 rehilar
	dative	rehilarme	rehilarte	rehilarle, rehilarse	rehilarnos	rehilaros	rehilarles, rehilarse
	accusative	rehilarme	rehilarte	rehilarlo, rehilarla, rehilarse	rehilarnos	rehilaros	rehilarlos, rehilarlas, rehilarse
with gerund rehilando
	dative	rehilándome	rehilándote	rehilándole, rehilándose	rehilándonos	rehilándoos	rehilándoles, rehilándose
	accusative	rehilándome	rehilándote	rehilándolo, rehilándola, rehilándose	rehilándonos	rehilándoos	rehilándolos, rehilándolas, rehilándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative rehíla
	dative	rehílame	rehílate	rehílale	rehílanos	not used	rehílales
	accusative	rehílame	rehílate	rehílalo, rehílala	rehílanos	not used	rehílalos, rehílalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative rehilá
	dative	rehilame	rehilate	rehilale	rehilanos	not used	rehilales
	accusative	rehilame	rehilate	rehilalo, rehilala	rehilanos	not used	rehilalos, rehilalas
with formal second-person singular imperative rehíle
	dative	rehíleme	not used	rehílele, rehílese	rehílenos	not used	rehíleles
	accusative	rehíleme	not used	rehílelo, rehílela, rehílese	rehílenos	not used	rehílelos, rehílelas
with first-person plural imperative rehilemos
	dative	not used	rehilémoste	rehilémosle	rehilémonos	rehilémoos	rehilémosles
	accusative	not used	rehilémoste	rehilémoslo, rehilémosla	rehilémonos	rehilémoos	rehilémoslos, rehilémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative rehilad
	dative	rehiladme	not used	rehiladle	rehiladnos	rehilaos	rehiladles
	accusative	rehiladme	not used	rehiladlo, rehiladla	rehiladnos	rehilaos	rehiladlos, rehiladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative rehílen
	dative	rehílenme	not used	rehílenle	rehílennos	not used	rehílenles, rehílense
	accusative	rehílenme	not used	rehílenlo, rehílenla	rehílennos	not used	rehílenlos, rehílenlas, rehílense

Derived terms

• rehilamiento
• rehilante
• rehilero
• rehilete
• rehílo
• rilar

 

Related terms

• hilar

 

Further reading

• “rehilar”, 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