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centellar

Language

Spanish

Etymology

From centella, or possibly from Latin Category:Spanish terms inherited from Latin#CENTELLAR Category:Spanish terms derived from Latin#CENTELLAR scintillāre, and thus a doublet of cintilarCategory:Spanish doublets#CENTELLAR.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /θenteˈʝaɾ/ [θẽn̪.t̪eˈʝaɾ] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain)Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#CENTELLAR Category:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CENTELLAR
IPA^(key): /θenteˈʎaɾ/ [θẽn̪.t̪eˈʎaɾ] (rustic northern Spain)Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#CENTELLAR Category:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CENTELLAR

IPA^(key): /senteˈʝaɾ/ [sẽn̪.t̪eˈʝaɾ] (most of Latin America)Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#CENTELLAR Category:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CENTELLAR
IPA^(key): /senteˈʎaɾ/ [sẽn̪.t̪eˈʎaɾ] (Andes Mountains Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#CENTELLAR Category:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CENTELLAR

IPA^(key): /senteˈʃaɾ/ [sẽn̪.t̪eˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#CENTELLAR Category:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CENTELLAR
IPA^(key): /senteˈʒaɾ/ [sẽn̪.t̪eˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)Category:Spanish 3-syllable words#CENTELLAR Category:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#CENTELLAR

Rhymes: -aɾ Category:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ#CENTELLAR Category:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/3 syllables#CENTELLAR
Syllabification: cen‧te‧llar

Verb

centellar (first-person singular present centello, first-person singular preterite centellé, past participle centellado)Category:Spanish lemmas#CENTELLAR Category:Spanish verbs#CENTELLAR Category:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#CENTELLAR Category:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#CENTELLAR Category:Pages with entries#CENTELLAR Category:Pages with 1 entry#CENTELLAR

obsolete form of centellearCategory:Spanish obsolete forms#CENTELLAR; to twinkle

Conjugation

Conjugation of centellar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			centellar
gerund			centellando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		centellado		centellada
		plural		centellados		centelladas
		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	centello	centellas^{^tú} centellás^{^vos}	centella	centellamos	centelláis	centellan
	imperfect	centellaba	centellabas	centellaba	centellábamos	centellabais	centellaban
	preterite	centellé	centellaste	centelló	centellamos	centellasteis	centellaron
	future	centellaré	centellarás	centellará	centellaremos	centellaréis	centellarán
	conditional	centellaría	centellarías	centellaría	centellaríamos	centellaríais	centellarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	centelle	centelles^{^tú} centellés^{^vos²}	centelle	centellemos	centelléis	centellen
	imperfect (ra)	centellara	centellaras	centellara	centelláramos	centellarais	centellaran
	imperfect (se)	centellase	centellases	centellase	centellásemos	centellaseis	centellasen
	future¹	centellare	centellares	centellare	centelláremos	centellareis	centellaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		centella^{^tú} centellá^{^vos}	centelle	centellemos	centellad	centellen
	negative		no centelles	no centelle	no centellemos	no centelléis	no centellen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

Category:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#CENTELLAR

Further reading

“centellar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

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