relinchar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *rehinnitulāre, from Latin hinnitŭlus or hinnītus, perfect passive participle of hinniō (“to neigh”). Cognate of Galician rinchar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.lĩˈʃa(ʁ)/ [he.lĩˈʃa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.lĩˈʃa(ʁ)/ [he.lĩˈʃa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁe.lĩˈʃa(ɾ)/ [he.lĩˈʃa(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁe.lĩˈʃa(ʁ)/ [χe.lĩˈʃa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.lĩˈʃa(ɻ)/ [he.lĩˈʃa(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.lĩˈʃaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.lĩˈʃaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.lĩˈt͡ʃaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.lĩˈʃa.ɾi/

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: re‧lin‧char

Verb

relinchar (first-person singular present relincho, first-person singular preterite relinchei, past participle relinchado)

1. (of a horse) to neigh (to make its cry)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of relinchar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	relinchar
Personal	relinchar	relinchares	relinchar	relincharmos	relinchardes	relincharem
Gerund
	relinchando
Past participle
Masculine	relinchado			relinchados
Feminine	relinchada			relinchadas
Indicative
Present	relincho	relinchas	relincha	relinchamos	relinchais	relincham
Imperfect	relinchava	relinchavas	relinchava	relinchávamos	relincháveis	relinchavam
Preterite	relinchei	relinchaste	relinchou	relinchamos1, relinchámos2	relinchastes	relincharam
Pluperfect	relinchara	relincharas	relinchara	relincháramos	relincháreis	relincharam
Future	relincharei	relincharás	relinchará	relincharemos	relinchareis	relincharão
Conditional	relincharia	relincharias	relincharia	relincharíamos	relincharíeis	relinchariam
Subjunctive
Present	relinche	relinches	relinche	relinchemos	relincheis	relinchem
Imperfect	relinchasse	relinchasses	relinchasse	relinchássemos	relinchásseis	relinchassem
Future	relinchar	relinchares	relinchar	relincharmos	relinchardes	relincharem
Imperative
Affirmative		relincha	relinche	relinchemos	relinchai	relinchem
Negative (não)		não relinches	não relinche	não relinchemos	não relincheis	não relinchem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *rehinnitulāre, from Latin hinnitŭlus or hinnītus, perfect passive participle of hinniō (“to neigh”). Cognate of Galician rinchar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /relinˈt͡ʃaɾ/ [re.lĩnʲˈt͡ʃaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧lin‧char

Verb

relinchar (first-person singular present relincho, first-person singular preterite relinché, past participle relinchado)

1. to whinny, to neigh

Conjugation

    Conjugation of relinchar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			relinchar
gerund			relinchando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		relinchado		relinchada
		plural		relinchados		relinchadas
		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	relincho	relinchastú relinchásvos	relincha	relinchamos	relincháis	relinchan
	imperfect	relinchaba	relinchabas	relinchaba	relinchábamos	relinchabais	relinchaban
	preterite	relinché	relinchaste	relinchó	relinchamos	relinchasteis	relincharon
	future	relincharé	relincharás	relinchará	relincharemos	relincharéis	relincharán
	conditional	relincharía	relincharías	relincharía	relincharíamos	relincharíais	relincharían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	relinche	relinchestú relinchésvos2	relinche	relinchemos	relinchéis	relinchen
	imperfect (ra)	relinchara	relincharas	relinchara	relincháramos	relincharais	relincharan
	imperfect (se)	relinchase	relinchases	relinchase	relinchásemos	relinchaseis	relinchasen
	future1	relinchare	relinchares	relinchare	relincháremos	relinchareis	relincharen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		relinchatú relinchávos	relinche	relinchemos	relinchad	relinchen
	negative		no relinches	no relinche	no relinchemos	no relinchéis	no relinchen

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

Derived terms

• relincho

 

Further reading

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