chillar
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish chirlar, from *chislar, from Vulgar Latin *cistulāre, an alteration of Latin fistulāre (“to play the flute”), which is derived from Latin fistula (“flute”). Compare Catalan xisclar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈʝaɾ/ [t͡ʃiˈʝaɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈʎaɾ/ [t͡ʃiˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈʃaɾ/ [t͡ʃiˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
- IPA(key): /t͡ʃiˈʒaɾ/ [t͡ʃiˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: chi‧llar
Verb
chillar (first-person singular present chillo, first-person singular preterite chillé, past participle chillado)
- to shriek, to screech, to scream
- 1984, “Cena recalentada”, in A Santa Compaña, performed by Golpes Bajos:
- La loca de mi madre que me chilla y no se cansa
- My crazy mother who screams at me and doesn't get tired
- to creak
- to sizzle, to hiss
- (colloquial) to speak; say a word
Conjugation
Conjugation of chillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of chillar
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 chillar | dative | chillarme | chillarte | chillarle, chillarse | chillarnos | chillaros | chillarles, chillarse |
| accusative | chillarme | chillarte | chillarlo, chillarla, chillarse | chillarnos | chillaros | chillarlos, chillarlas, chillarse | |
| with gerund chillando | dative | chillándome | chillándote | chillándole, chillándose | chillándonos | chillándoos | chillándoles, chillándose |
| accusative | chillándome | chillándote | chillándolo, chillándola, chillándose | chillándonos | chillándoos | chillándolos, chillándolas, chillándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative chilla | dative | chíllame | chíllate | chíllale | chíllanos | not used | chíllales |
| accusative | chíllame | chíllate | chíllalo, chíllala | chíllanos | not used | chíllalos, chíllalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative chillá | dative | chillame | chillate | chillale | chillanos | not used | chillales |
| accusative | chillame | chillate | chillalo, chillala | chillanos | not used | chillalos, chillalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative chille | dative | chílleme | not used | chíllele, chíllese | chíllenos | not used | chílleles |
| accusative | chílleme | not used | chíllelo, chíllela, chíllese | chíllenos | not used | chíllelos, chíllelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative chillemos | dative | not used | chillémoste | chillémosle | chillémonos | chillémoos | chillémosles |
| accusative | not used | chillémoste | chillémoslo, chillémosla | chillémonos | chillémoos | chillémoslos, chillémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative chillad | dative | chilladme | not used | chilladle | chilladnos | chillaos | chilladles |
| accusative | chilladme | not used | chilladlo, chilladla | chilladnos | chillaos | chilladlos, chilladlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative chillen | dative | chíllenme | not used | chíllenle | chíllennos | not used | chíllenles, chíllense |
| accusative | chíllenme | not used | chíllenlo, chíllenla | chíllennos | not used | chíllenlos, chíllenlas, chíllense | |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “chillar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Swedish
Verb
chillar
- present indicative of chilla