desternillar

Spanish

Etymology

From des- +‎ ternilla +‎ -ar. Related to English tender.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /desteɾniˈʝaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eɾ.niˈʝaɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /desteɾniˈʎaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eɾ.niˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /desteɾniˈʃaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eɾ.niˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /desteɾniˈʒaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eɾ.niˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: des‧ter‧ni‧llar

Verb

desternillar (first-person singular present desternillo, first-person singular preterite desternillé, past participle desternillado)

  1. (transitive) to crack up (make laugh)
  2. (reflexive) to crack up, laugh one's head off

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desternillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive desternillar
gerund desternillando
past participle masculine feminine
singular desternillado desternillada
plural desternillados desternilladas
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 desternillo desternillastú
desternillásvos 		desternilla desternillamos desternilláis desternillan
imperfect desternillaba desternillabas desternillaba desternillábamos desternillabais desternillaban
preterite desternillé desternillaste desternilló desternillamos desternillasteis desternillaron
future desternillaré desternillarás desternillará desternillaremos desternillaréis desternillarán
conditional desternillaría desternillarías desternillaría desternillaríamos desternillaríais desternillarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present desternille desternillestú
desternillésvos2 		desternille desternillemos desternilléis desternillen
imperfect
(ra) 		desternillara desternillaras desternillara desternilláramos desternillarais desternillaran
imperfect
(se) 		desternillase desternillases desternillase desternillásemos desternillaseis desternillasen
future1 desternillare desternillares desternillare desternilláremos desternillareis desternillaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative desternillatú
desternillávos 		desternille desternillemos desternillad desternillen
negative no desternilles no desternille no desternillemos no desternilléis no desternillen

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

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