destellar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin dēstillāre (“to distil, trickle”). Compare the borrowed doublet destilar.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /desteˈʝaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eˈʝaɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /desteˈʎaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /desteˈʃaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /desteˈʒaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧te‧llar

Verb

destellar (first-person singular present destello, first-person singular preterite destellé, past participle destellado)

  1. to sparkle, twinkle
    Synonym: titilar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of destellar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive destellar
gerund destellando
past participle masculine feminine
singular destellado destellada
plural destellados destelladas
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 destello destellastú
destellásvos 		destella destellamos destelláis destellan
imperfect destellaba destellabas destellaba destellábamos destellabais destellaban
preterite destellé destellaste destelló destellamos destellasteis destellaron
future destellaré destellarás destellará destellaremos destellaréis destellarán
conditional destellaría destellarías destellaría destellaríamos destellaríais destellarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present destelle destellestú
destellésvos2 		destelle destellemos destelléis destellen
imperfect
(ra) 		destellara destellaras destellara destelláramos destellarais destellaran
imperfect
(se) 		destellase destellases destellase destellásemos destellaseis destellasen
future1 destellare destellares destellare destelláremos destellareis destellaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative destellatú
destellávos 		destelle destellemos destellad destellen
negative no destelles no destelle no destellemos no destelléis no destellen

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

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