# tiritar
## Portuguese
### Etymology

Of imitative origin

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /t͡ʃi.ɾiˈta(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃi.ɾiˈta(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /t͡ʃi.ɾiˈta(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃi.ɾiˈta(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /t͡ʃi.ɾiˈta(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /t͡ʃi.ɾiˈta(ʁ)/ [t͡ʃi.ɾiˈta(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /t͡ʃi.ɾiˈta(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ti.ɾiˈtaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ti.ɾiˈtaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ti.ɾiˈta.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: ti‧ri‧tar

### Verb

tiritar (first-person singular present tirito, first-person singular preterite tiritei, past participle tiritado)
* to shiver (to shake when cold or frightened)
    Synonym: tremer

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

## Spanish
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic. Compare Maltese terter, Turkish titremek and Proto-Indo-European *trem-. Cognate with Portuguese tiritar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tiɾiˈtaɾ/ [t̪i.ɾiˈt̪aɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ti‧ri‧tar

### Verb

tiritar (first-person singular present tirito, first-person singular preterite tirité, past participle tiritado)
* to shiver
    Synonym: taquitear
** 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 65:El Guirivilo es un animal que tiene el cuerpo parecido al del perro y la cola muy larga. Vive en los ríos, y cuando sale del agua, lo que hace pocas veces, tirita como si estuviera muriéndose de frío.The Guirivilo is an animal that has a body like that of a dog and a very long tail. It lives in rivers, and when it leaves the water, as it occasionally does, it shivers as if it were dying of cold.

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | tiritar | tiritar | tiritar | tiritar | tiritar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | tiritando | tiritando | tiritando | tiritando | tiritando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | tiritado | tiritado | tiritada | tiritada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | tiritados | tiritados | tiritadas | tiritadas |
| | | 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 | tirito | tiritas$^{tú}$ tiritás$^{vos}$ | tirita | tiritamos | tiritáis | tiritan |
| indicative | imperfect | tiritaba | tiritabas | tiritaba | tiritábamos | tiritabais | tiritaban |
| indicative | preterite | tirité | tiritaste | tiritó | tiritamos | tiritasteis | tiritaron |
| indicative | future | tiritaré | tiritarás | tiritará | tiritaremos | tiritaréis | tiritarán |
| indicative | conditional | tiritaría | tiritarías | tiritaría | tiritaríamos | tiritaríais | tiritarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | tirite | tirites$^{tú}$ tirités$^{vos2}$ | tirite | tiritemos | tiritéis | tiriten |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | tiritara | tiritaras | tiritara | tiritáramos | tiritarais | tiritaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | tiritase | tiritases | tiritase | tiritásemos | tiritaseis | tiritasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | tiritare | tiritares | tiritare | tiritáremos | tiritareis | tiritaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | tirita$^{tú}$ tiritá$^{vos}$ | tirite | tiritemos | tiritad | tiriten |
| imperative | negative | | no tirites | no tirite | no tiritemos | no tiritéis | no tiriten |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### See also

* escalofrío
* temblar

### Further reading

* “tiritar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28