desternillar

Spanish

Etymology

From ternilla. Related to English tender.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /desteɾniˈʝaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eɾ.niˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /desteɾniˈʝaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eɾ.niˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /desteɾniˈʎaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eɾ.niˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /desteɾniˈʃaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eɾ.niˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /desteɾniˈʒaɾ/ [d̪es.t̪eɾ.niˈʒaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧ter‧ni‧llar

Verb

desternillar (first-person singular present desternillo, first-person singular preterite desternillé, past participle desternillado)

1. (transitive) to crack up (make laugh)
2. (reflexive) to crack up, laugh one's head off

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desternillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			desternillar
gerund			desternillando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desternillado		desternillada
		plural		desternillados		desternilladas
		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	desternillo	desternillastú desternillásvos	desternilla	desternillamos	desternilláis	desternillan
	imperfect	desternillaba	desternillabas	desternillaba	desternillábamos	desternillabais	desternillaban
	preterite	desternillé	desternillaste	desternilló	desternillamos	desternillasteis	desternillaron
	future	desternillaré	desternillarás	desternillará	desternillaremos	desternillaréis	desternillarán
	conditional	desternillaría	desternillarías	desternillaría	desternillaríamos	desternillaríais	desternillarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	desternille	desternillestú desternillésvos2	desternille	desternillemos	desternilléis	desternillen
	imperfect (ra)	desternillara	desternillaras	desternillara	desternilláramos	desternillarais	desternillaran
	imperfect (se)	desternillase	desternillases	desternillase	desternillásemos	desternillaseis	desternillasen
	future1	desternillare	desternillares	desternillare	desternilláremos	desternillareis	desternillaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		desternillatú desternillávos	desternille	desternillemos	desternillad	desternillen
	negative		no desternilles	no desternille	no desternillemos	no desternilléis	no desternillen

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

Related terms

• desternillante
• desternille
• ternilla

 

Further reading

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