# centellar
## Spanish
### Etymology

From centella, or possibly from Latin scintillāre, and thus a doublet of cintilar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Spain) /θenteˈʝaɾ/ [θẽn̪.t̪eˈʝaɾ]
* IPA: (most of Spain) /θenteˈʝaɾ/ [θẽn̪.t̪eˈʝaɾ]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain) /θenteˈʎaɾ/ [θẽn̪.t̪eˈʎaɾ]
* IPA: (Latin America) /senteˈʝaɾ/ [sẽn̪.t̪eˈʝaɾ]
* IPA: (most of Latin America) /senteˈʝaɾ/ [sẽn̪.t̪eˈʝaɾ]
* IPA: (Andes Mountains, Philippines) /senteˈʎaɾ/ [sẽn̪.t̪eˈʎaɾ]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /senteˈʃaɾ/ [sẽn̪.t̪eˈʃaɾ]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /senteˈʒaɾ/ [sẽn̪.t̪eˈʒaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: cen‧te‧llar

### Verb

centellar (first-person singular present centello, first-person singular preterite centellé, past participle centellado)
* Obsolete form of centellear; to twinkle

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | centellar | centellar | centellar | centellar | centellar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | centellando | centellando | centellando | centellando | centellando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | centellado | centellado | centellada | centellada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | centellados | centellados | centelladas | centelladas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | centello | centellas$^{tú}$ centellás$^{vos}$ | centella | centellamos | centelláis | centellan |
| indicative | imperfect | centellaba | centellabas | centellaba | centellábamos | centellabais | centellaban |
| indicative | preterite | centellé | centellaste | centelló | centellamos | centellasteis | centellaron |
| indicative | future | centellaré | centellarás | centellará | centellaremos | centellaréis | centellarán |
| indicative | conditional | centellaría | centellarías | centellaría | centellaríamos | centellaríais | centellarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | centelle | centelles$^{tú}$ centellés$^{vos2}$ | centelle | centellemos | centelléis | centellen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | centellara | centellaras | centellara | centelláramos | centellarais | centellaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | centellase | centellases | centellase | centellásemos | centellaseis | centellasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | centellare | centellares | centellare | centelláremos | centellareis | centellaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | centella$^{tú}$ centellá$^{vos}$ | centelle | centellemos | centellad | centellen |
| imperative | negative | | no centelles | no centelle | no centellemos | no centelléis | no centellen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

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