sellar

See also: Sellar

English

Adjective

sellar (not comparable)

1. (anatomy) Relating to the sella turcica.

Derived terms

• extrasellar
• infrasellar
• intrasellar
• juxtasellar
• parasellar
• presellar
• retrosellar
• subsellar
• suprasellar
• transsellar

 

Anagrams

• Rellas, allers

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin sigillāre, present active infinitive of sigillō. Compare Spanish sellar, Portuguese selar, Catalan segellar, Italian suggellare.

Verb

sellar (first-person singular indicative present sello, past participle selláu)

1. to seal (to place a seal on (a document))

Conjugation

Conjugation of sellar

infinitive		sellar
gerund		sellando
past participle		m selláu, f sellada, n sellao, m pl sellaos, f pl sellaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	sello	selles	sella	sellamos	selláis	sellen
	imperfect	sellaba	sellabes	sellaba	sellábemos, sellábamos	sellabeis, sellabais	sellaben
	preterite	sellé	sellasti, sellesti	selló	sellemos	sellastis, sellestis	sellaron
	pluperfect	sellare, sellara	sellares, sellaras	sellare, sellara	selláremos, selláramos	sellareis, sellarais	sellaren, sellaran
	future	sellaré	sellarás	sellará	sellaremos	sellaréis	sellarán
	conditional	sellaría	sellaríes	sellaría	sellaríemos, sellaríamos	sellaríeis, sellaríais	sellaríen
subjunctive	present	selle	selles, sellas	selle	sellemos	selléis	sellen, sellan
	imperfect	sellare, sellara	sellares, sellaras	sellare, sellara	selláremos, selláramos	sellareis, sellarais	sellaren, sellaran
imperative		—	sella	—	—	sellái	—

Related terms

• sellu

Middle English

Noun

sellar

1. (Late Middle English) Alternative form of sellere

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin sigillāre. Compare Portuguese selar, Catalan segellar, French sceller, Italian suggellare. Cf. also the borrowed doublet sigilar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /seˈʝaɾ/ [seˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /seˈʝaɾ/ [seˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /seˈʎaɾ/ [seˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /seˈʃaɾ/ [seˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /seˈʒaɾ/ [seˈʒaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: se‧llar

Verb

sellar (first-person singular present sello, first-person singular preterite sellé, past participle sellado)

1. to stamp

   Synonym: estampar

2. to seal (place a seal on a document)
3. to seal (close with a seal or hermetically)
4. to terminate, finish, end

   Synonyms: concluir, poner fin

5. (Argentina, cooking) to seal (hotly fry or cook a piece of meat for a short time)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sellar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			sellar
gerund			sellando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sellado		sellada
		plural		sellados		selladas
		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	sello	sellastú sellásvos	sella	sellamos	selláis	sellan
	imperfect	sellaba	sellabas	sellaba	sellábamos	sellabais	sellaban
	preterite	sellé	sellaste	selló	sellamos	sellasteis	sellaron
	future	sellaré	sellarás	sellará	sellaremos	sellaréis	sellarán
	conditional	sellaría	sellarías	sellaría	sellaríamos	sellaríais	sellarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	selle	sellestú sellésvos2	selle	sellemos	selléis	sellen
	imperfect (ra)	sellara	sellaras	sellara	selláramos	sellarais	sellaran
	imperfect (se)	sellase	sellases	sellase	sellásemos	sellaseis	sellasen
	future1	sellare	sellares	sellare	selláremos	sellareis	sellaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sellatú sellávos	selle	sellemos	sellad	sellen
	negative		no selles	no selle	no sellemos	no selléis	no sellen

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

    Selected combined forms of sellar

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 sellar
	dative	sellarme	sellarte	sellarle, sellarse	sellarnos	sellaros	sellarles, sellarse
	accusative	sellarme	sellarte	sellarlo, sellarla, sellarse	sellarnos	sellaros	sellarlos, sellarlas, sellarse
with gerund sellando
	dative	sellándome	sellándote	sellándole, sellándose	sellándonos	sellándoos	sellándoles, sellándose
	accusative	sellándome	sellándote	sellándolo, sellándola, sellándose	sellándonos	sellándoos	sellándolos, sellándolas, sellándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sella
	dative	séllame	séllate	séllale	séllanos	not used	séllales
	accusative	séllame	séllate	séllalo, séllala	séllanos	not used	séllalos, séllalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sellá
	dative	sellame	sellate	sellale	sellanos	not used	sellales
	accusative	sellame	sellate	sellalo, sellala	sellanos	not used	sellalos, sellalas
with formal second-person singular imperative selle
	dative	sélleme	not used	séllele, séllese	séllenos	not used	sélleles
	accusative	sélleme	not used	séllelo, séllela, séllese	séllenos	not used	séllelos, séllelas
with first-person plural imperative sellemos
	dative	not used	sellémoste	sellémosle	sellémonos	sellémoos	sellémosles
	accusative	not used	sellémoste	sellémoslo, sellémosla	sellémonos	sellémoos	sellémoslos, sellémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sellad
	dative	selladme	not used	selladle	selladnos	sellaos	selladles
	accusative	selladme	not used	selladlo, selladla	selladnos	sellaos	selladlos, selladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sellen
	dative	séllenme	not used	séllenle	séllennos	not used	séllenles, séllense
	accusative	séllenme	not used	séllenlo, séllenla	séllennos	not used	séllenlos, séllenlas, séllense

Related terms

• sellado
• sellador
• selladura
• sello
• tener los labios sellados

 

Further reading

• “sellar”, 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