rellenar

Spanish

Etymology

From re- +‎ llenar; compare Portuguese rechear.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /reʝeˈnaɾ/ [re.ʝeˈnaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /reʝeˈnaɾ/ [re.ʝeˈnaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /reʎeˈnaɾ/ [re.ʎeˈnaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /reʃeˈnaɾ/ [re.ʃeˈnaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /reʒeˈnaɾ/ [re.ʒeˈnaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧lle‧nar

Verb

rellenar (first-person singular present relleno, first-person singular preterite rellené, past participle rellenado)

1. to refill
2. to fill out/fill in (as a form or data field)
   • 2005, Jesús Martín Alloza, Excel 2003, page 201

     Otra posibilidad que ofrece Excel es la de rellenar un rango de celdas automáticamente.

     Another option offered by Excel is to fill in a range of cells automatically.

3. to fill (e.g., fill a hole, fill food)
4. to pad, to stuff

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rellenar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			rellenar
gerund			rellenando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rellenado		rellenada
		plural		rellenados		rellenadas
		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	relleno	rellenastú rellenásvos	rellena	rellenamos	rellenáis	rellenan
	imperfect	rellenaba	rellenabas	rellenaba	rellenábamos	rellenabais	rellenaban
	preterite	rellené	rellenaste	rellenó	rellenamos	rellenasteis	rellenaron
	future	rellenaré	rellenarás	rellenará	rellenaremos	rellenaréis	rellenarán
	conditional	rellenaría	rellenarías	rellenaría	rellenaríamos	rellenaríais	rellenarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rellene	rellenestú rellenésvos2	rellene	rellenemos	rellenéis	rellenen
	imperfect (ra)	rellenara	rellenaras	rellenara	rellenáramos	rellenarais	rellenaran
	imperfect (se)	rellenase	rellenases	rellenase	rellenásemos	rellenaseis	rellenasen
	future1	rellenare	rellenares	rellenare	rellenáremos	rellenareis	rellenaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rellenatú rellenávos	rellene	rellenemos	rellenad	rellenen
	negative		no rellenes	no rellene	no rellenemos	no rellenéis	no rellenen

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

    Selected combined forms of rellenar

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 rellenar
	dative	rellenarme	rellenarte	rellenarle, rellenarse	rellenarnos	rellenaros	rellenarles, rellenarse
	accusative	rellenarme	rellenarte	rellenarlo, rellenarla, rellenarse	rellenarnos	rellenaros	rellenarlos, rellenarlas, rellenarse
with gerund rellenando
	dative	rellenándome	rellenándote	rellenándole, rellenándose	rellenándonos	rellenándoos	rellenándoles, rellenándose
	accusative	rellenándome	rellenándote	rellenándolo, rellenándola, rellenándose	rellenándonos	rellenándoos	rellenándolos, rellenándolas, rellenándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative rellena
	dative	relléname	rellénate	rellénale	rellénanos	not used	rellénales
	accusative	relléname	rellénate	rellénalo, rellénala	rellénanos	not used	rellénalos, rellénalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative rellená
	dative	rellename	rellenate	rellenale	rellenanos	not used	rellenales
	accusative	rellename	rellenate	rellenalo, rellenala	rellenanos	not used	rellenalos, rellenalas
with formal second-person singular imperative rellene
	dative	relléneme	not used	rellénele, rellénese	rellénenos	not used	relléneles
	accusative	relléneme	not used	rellénelo, rellénela, rellénese	rellénenos	not used	rellénelos, rellénelas
with first-person plural imperative rellenemos
	dative	not used	rellenémoste	rellenémosle	rellenémonos	rellenémoos	rellenémosles
	accusative	not used	rellenémoste	rellenémoslo, rellenémosla	rellenémonos	rellenémoos	rellenémoslos, rellenémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative rellenad
	dative	rellenadme	not used	rellenadle	rellenadnos	rellenaos	rellenadles
	accusative	rellenadme	not used	rellenadlo, rellenadla	rellenadnos	rellenaos	rellenadlos, rellenadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative rellenen
	dative	rellénenme	not used	rellénenle	rellénennos	not used	rellénenles, rellénense
	accusative	rellénenme	not used	rellénenlo, rellénenla	rellénennos	not used	rellénenlos, rellénenlas, rellénense

Related terms

• llenar
• relleno

 

Further reading

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