chillar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish chirlar, from *chislar, from Vulgar Latin *cistulāre, an alteration of Latin fistulāre (“to play the flute”), which is derived from Latin fistula (“flute”). Compare Catalan xisclar.

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /t͡ʃiˈʝaɾ/ [t͡ʃiˈʝaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /t͡ʃiˈʎaɾ/ [t͡ʃiˈʎaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /t͡ʃiˈʃaɾ/ [t͡ʃiˈʃaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /t͡ʃiˈʒaɾ/ [t͡ʃiˈʒaɾ]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: chi‧llar

Verb

chillar (first-person singular present chillo, first-person singular preterite chillé, past participle chillado)

  1. to shriek, to screech, to scream
    • 1984, “Cena recalentada”, in A Santa Compaña, performed by Golpes Bajos:
      La loca de mi madre que me chilla y no se cansa
      My crazy mother who screams at me and doesn't get tired
  2. to creak
  3. to sizzle, to hiss
  4. (colloquial) to speak; say a word

Conjugation
    Conjugation of chillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive chillar
gerund chillando
past participle masculine feminine
singular chillado chillada
plural chillados chilladas
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 chillo chillastú
chillásvos		 chilla chillamos chilláis chillan
imperfect chillaba chillabas chillaba chillábamos chillabais chillaban
preterite chillé chillaste chilló chillamos chillasteis chillaron
future chillaré chillarás chillará chillaremos chillaréis chillarán
conditional chillaría chillarías chillaría chillaríamos chillaríais chillarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present chille chillestú
chillésvos2		 chille chillemos chilléis chillen
imperfect
(ra)		 chillara chillaras chillara chilláramos chillarais chillaran
imperfect
(se)		 chillase chillases chillase chillásemos chillaseis chillasen
future1 chillare chillares chillare chilláremos chillareis chillaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative chillatú
chillávos		 chille chillemos chillad chillen
negative no chilles no chille no chillemos no chilléis no chillen

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

    Selected combined forms of chillar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive chillar
dative chillarme chillarte chillarle, chillarse chillarnos chillaros chillarles, chillarse
accusative chillarme chillarte chillarlo, chillarla, chillarse chillarnos chillaros chillarlos, chillarlas, chillarse
with gerund chillando
dative chillándome chillándote chillándole, chillándose chillándonos chillándoos chillándoles, chillándose
accusative chillándome chillándote chillándolo, chillándola, chillándose chillándonos chillándoos chillándolos, chillándolas, chillándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative chilla
dative chíllame chíllate chíllale chíllanos not used chíllales
accusative chíllame chíllate chíllalo, chíllala chíllanos not used chíllalos, chíllalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative chillá
dative chillame chillate chillale chillanos not used chillales
accusative chillame chillate chillalo, chillala chillanos not used chillalos, chillalas
with formal second-person singular imperative chille
dative chílleme not used chíllele, chíllese chíllenos not used chílleles
accusative chílleme not used chíllelo, chíllela, chíllese chíllenos not used chíllelos, chíllelas
with first-person plural imperative chillemos
dative not used chillémoste chillémosle chillémonos chillémoos chillémosles
accusative not used chillémoste chillémoslo, chillémosla chillémonos chillémoos chillémoslos, chillémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative chillad
dative chilladme not used chilladle chilladnos chillaos chilladles
accusative chilladme not used chilladlo, chilladla chilladnos chillaos chilladlos, chilladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative chillen
dative chíllenme not used chíllenle chíllennos not used chíllenles, chíllense
accusative chíllenme not used chíllenlo, chíllenla chíllennos not used chíllenlos, chíllenlas, chíllense

Further reading

Swedish

Verb

chillar

  1. present indicative of chilla
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