enchilar

Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ chile +‎ -ar.

Verb

enchilar (first-person singular present enchilo, first-person singular preterite enchilé, past participle enchilado)

1. (transitive) to add chile (to something)
2. (transitive) to sting
3. (reflexive) to become red in the face (due to chile consumption)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enchilar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			enchilar
gerund			enchilando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		enchilado		enchilada
		plural		enchilados		enchiladas
		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	enchilo	enchilastú enchilásvos	enchila	enchilamos	enchiláis	enchilan
	imperfect	enchilaba	enchilabas	enchilaba	enchilábamos	enchilabais	enchilaban
	preterite	enchilé	enchilaste	enchiló	enchilamos	enchilasteis	enchilaron
	future	enchilaré	enchilarás	enchilará	enchilaremos	enchilaréis	enchilarán
	conditional	enchilaría	enchilarías	enchilaría	enchilaríamos	enchilaríais	enchilarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enchile	enchilestú enchilésvos2	enchile	enchilemos	enchiléis	enchilen
	imperfect (ra)	enchilara	enchilaras	enchilara	enchiláramos	enchilarais	enchilaran
	imperfect (se)	enchilase	enchilases	enchilase	enchilásemos	enchilaseis	enchilasen
	future1	enchilare	enchilares	enchilare	enchiláremos	enchilareis	enchilaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		enchilatú enchilávos	enchile	enchilemos	enchilad	enchilen
	negative		no enchiles	no enchile	no enchilemos	no enchiléis	no enchilen

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

    Selected combined forms of enchilar

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 enchilar
	dative	enchilarme	enchilarte	enchilarle, enchilarse	enchilarnos	enchilaros	enchilarles, enchilarse
	accusative	enchilarme	enchilarte	enchilarlo, enchilarla, enchilarse	enchilarnos	enchilaros	enchilarlos, enchilarlas, enchilarse
with gerund enchilando
	dative	enchilándome	enchilándote	enchilándole, enchilándose	enchilándonos	enchilándoos	enchilándoles, enchilándose
	accusative	enchilándome	enchilándote	enchilándolo, enchilándola, enchilándose	enchilándonos	enchilándoos	enchilándolos, enchilándolas, enchilándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative enchila
	dative	enchílame	enchílate	enchílale	enchílanos	not used	enchílales
	accusative	enchílame	enchílate	enchílalo, enchílala	enchílanos	not used	enchílalos, enchílalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative enchilá
	dative	enchilame	enchilate	enchilale	enchilanos	not used	enchilales
	accusative	enchilame	enchilate	enchilalo, enchilala	enchilanos	not used	enchilalos, enchilalas
with formal second-person singular imperative enchile
	dative	enchíleme	not used	enchílele, enchílese	enchílenos	not used	enchíleles
	accusative	enchíleme	not used	enchílelo, enchílela, enchílese	enchílenos	not used	enchílelos, enchílelas
with first-person plural imperative enchilemos
	dative	not used	enchilémoste	enchilémosle	enchilémonos	enchilémoos	enchilémosles
	accusative	not used	enchilémoste	enchilémoslo, enchilémosla	enchilémonos	enchilémoos	enchilémoslos, enchilémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative enchilad
	dative	enchiladme	not used	enchiladle	enchiladnos	enchilaos	enchiladles
	accusative	enchiladme	not used	enchiladlo, enchiladla	enchiladnos	enchilaos	enchiladlos, enchiladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative enchilen
	dative	enchílenme	not used	enchílenle	enchílennos	not used	enchílenles, enchílense
	accusative	enchílenme	not used	enchílenlo, enchílenla	enchílennos	not used	enchílenlos, enchílenlas, enchílense

Derived terms

• enchilada
• enchilarse

 

Further reading

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