cintilar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

scintilar (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scintillāre. Cf. also centelhar, possibly an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /sĩ.t͡ʃiˈla(ʁ)/ [sĩ.t͡ʃiˈla(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /sĩ.t͡ʃiˈla(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /sĩ.t͡ʃiˈla(ʁ)/ [sĩ.t͡ʃiˈla(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /sĩ.t͡ʃiˈla(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /sĩ.tiˈlaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sĩ.tiˈla.ɾi/

Hyphenation: cin‧ti‧lar

Verb

cintilar (first-person singular present cintilo, first-person singular preterite cintilei, past participle cintilado)

to scintillate; to sparkle
Synonyms: centelhar, faiscar, chispar
to shine (to reflect light)

Conjugation

Conjugation of cintilar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cintilar
Personal	cintilar	cintilares	cintilar	cintilarmos	cintilardes	cintilarem
Gerund
	cintilando
Past participle
Masculine	cintilado			cintilados
Feminine	cintilada			cintiladas
Indicative
Present	cintilo	cintilas	cintila	cintilamos	cintilais	cintilam
Imperfect	cintilava	cintilavas	cintilava	cintilávamos	cintiláveis	cintilavam
Preterite	cintilei	cintilaste	cintilou	cintilamos¹, cintilámos²	cintilastes	cintilaram
Pluperfect	cintilara	cintilaras	cintilara	cintiláramos	cintiláreis	cintilaram
Future	cintilarei	cintilarás	cintilará	cintilaremos	cintilareis	cintilarão
Conditional	cintilaria	cintilarias	cintilaria	cintilaríamos	cintilaríeis	cintilariam
Subjunctive
Present	cintile	cintiles	cintile	cintilemos	cintileis	cintilem
Imperfect	cintilasse	cintilasses	cintilasse	cintilássemos	cintilásseis	cintilassem
Future	cintilar	cintilares	cintilar	cintilarmos	cintilardes	cintilarem
Imperative
Affirmative		cintila	cintile	cintilemos	cintilai	cintilem
Negative (não)		não cintiles	não cintile	não cintilemos	não cintileis	não cintilem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

faísca, centelho, chispa

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scintillāre. Cf. also centellar, possibly an inherited doublet.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /θintiˈlaɾ/ [θĩn̪.t̪iˈlaɾ]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /sintiˈlaɾ/ [sĩn̪.t̪iˈlaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: cin‧ti‧lar

Verb

cintilar (first-person singular present cintilo, first-person singular preterite cintilé, past participle cintilado)

to scintillate
Synonym: centellear
to shine (to reflect light)
Synonym: brillar

Conjugation

Conjugation of cintilar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			cintilar
gerund			cintilando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cintilado		cintilada
		plural		cintilados		cintiladas
		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	cintilo	cintilas^{^tú} cintilás^{^vos}	cintila	cintilamos	cintiláis	cintilan
	imperfect	cintilaba	cintilabas	cintilaba	cintilábamos	cintilabais	cintilaban
	preterite	cintilé	cintilaste	cintiló	cintilamos	cintilasteis	cintilaron
	future	cintilaré	cintilarás	cintilará	cintilaremos	cintilaréis	cintilarán
	conditional	cintilaría	cintilarías	cintilaría	cintilaríamos	cintilaríais	cintilarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cintile	cintiles^{^tú} cintilés^{^vos²}	cintile	cintilemos	cintiléis	cintilen
	imperfect (ra)	cintilara	cintilaras	cintilara	cintiláramos	cintilarais	cintilaran
	imperfect (se)	cintilase	cintilases	cintilase	cintilásemos	cintilaseis	cintilasen
	future¹	cintilare	cintilares	cintilare	cintiláremos	cintilareis	cintilaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cintila^{^tú} cintilá^{^vos}	cintile	cintilemos	cintilad	cintilen
	negative		no cintiles	no cintile	no cintilemos	no cintiléis	no cintilen

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

Related terms

centella

Further reading

“cintilar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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