trillar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan trillar, from Latin trībulāre. Doublet of the borrowed tribular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [tɾiˈʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [tɾiˈʎaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

trillar (first-person singular present trillo, first-person singular preterite trillí, past participle trillat)

1. (transitive) to thresh

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trillar (first conjugation)

infinitive			trillar
gerund			trillant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		trillat		trillada
		plural		trillats		trillades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	trillo	trilles	trilla	trillem	trilleu	trillen
	imperfect	trillava	trillaves	trillava	trillàvem	trillàveu	trillaven
	future	trillaré	trillaràs	trillarà	trillarem	trillareu	trillaran
	preterite	trillí	trillares	trillà	trillàrem	trillàreu	trillaren
	conditional	trillaria	trillaries	trillaria	trillaríem	trillaríeu	trillarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	trilli	trillis	trilli	trillem	trilleu	trillin
	imperfect	trillés	trillessis	trillés	trilléssim	trilléssiu	trillessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	trilla	trilli	trillem	trilleu	trillin
	negative (no)	—	no trillis	no trilli	no trillem	no trilleu	no trillin

Derived terms

• trillador
• trillaire

Related terms

• trill

References

• “trillar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Alternative forms

• trullar

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese trillar, from Vulgar Latin *triblāre, from syncopation of Latin tribulāre. Doublet of the borrowed tribular. Cognate with Portuguese trilhar, Spanish trillar, Catalan trillar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɾiˈʎaɾ/

Verb

trillar (first-person singular present trillo, first-person singular preterite trillei, past participle trillado)

1. to thresh

   Synonym: mallar

2. to beat up; to bruise

   Synonyms: mallar, mazar

3. to jam (a finger) with a door, a drawer

   Vaste trillar os dedos coa porta. ― You are going to jam your fingers with the door.

4. (of the clothes moth or the woodworm) to eat clothes or wood
5. to crumble (bread into milk, soup)

   Synonyms: entrillar, migar

6. to mince

   Synonym: picar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trillar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	trillar
Personal	trillar	trillares	trillar	trillarmos	trillardes	trillaren
Gerund
	trillando
Past participle
Masculine	trillado			trillados
Feminine	trillada			trilladas
Indicative
Present	trillo	trillas	trilla	trillamos	trillades	trillan
Imperfect	trillaba	trillabas	trillaba	trillabamos	trillabades	trillaban
Preterite	trillei	trillaches	trillou	trillamos	trillastes	trillaron
Pluperfect	trillara	trillaras	trillara	trillaramos	trillarades	trillaran
Future	trillarei	trillarás	trillará	trillaremos	trillaredes	trillarán
Conditional	trillaría	trillarías	trillaría	trillariamos	trillariades	trillarían
Subjunctive
Present	trille	trilles	trille	trillemos	trilledes	trillen
Imperfect	trillase	trillases	trillase	trillásemos	trillásedes	trillasen
Future	trillar	trillares	trillar	trillarmos	trillardes	trillaren
Imperative
Affirmative		trilla	trille	trillemos	trillade	trillen
Negative (non)		non trilles	non trille	non trillemos	non trilledes	non trillen

Related terms

• trilla
• trillo

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “trillar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “trillar”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “trillar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “trillar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “trillar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *triblāre, from syncopation of Latin tribulāre. Doublet of the borrowed tribular.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tɾiˈʝaɾ/ [t̪ɾiˈʝaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tɾiˈʝaɾ/ [t̪ɾiˈʝaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /tɾiˈʎaɾ/ [t̪ɾiˈʎaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tɾiˈʃaɾ/ [t̪ɾiˈʃaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tɾiˈʒaɾ/ [t̪ɾiˈʒaɾ]

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: tri‧llar

Verb

trillar (first-person singular present trillo, first-person singular preterite trillé, past participle trillado)

1. (transitive) to thresh
2. (transitive, figurative) to wear out, to overuse
3. (transitive) (of a person) to thrash, to beat up
4. (transitive) (of a path) to beat, to wear down

Conjugation

    Conjugation of trillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			trillar
gerund			trillando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		trillado		trillada
		plural		trillados		trilladas
		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	trillo	trillastú trillásvos	trilla	trillamos	trilláis	trillan
	imperfect	trillaba	trillabas	trillaba	trillábamos	trillabais	trillaban
	preterite	trillé	trillaste	trilló	trillamos	trillasteis	trillaron
	future	trillaré	trillarás	trillará	trillaremos	trillaréis	trillarán
	conditional	trillaría	trillarías	trillaría	trillaríamos	trillaríais	trillarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	trille	trillestú trillésvos2	trille	trillemos	trilléis	trillen
	imperfect (ra)	trillara	trillaras	trillara	trilláramos	trillarais	trillaran
	imperfect (se)	trillase	trillases	trillase	trillásemos	trillaseis	trillasen
	future1	trillare	trillares	trillare	trilláremos	trillareis	trillaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		trillatú trillávos	trille	trillemos	trillad	trillen
	negative		no trilles	no trille	no trillemos	no trilléis	no trillen

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

    Selected combined forms of trillar

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 trillar	dative	trillarme	trillarte	trillarle, trillarse	trillarnos	trillaros	trillarles, trillarse
	accusative	trillarme	trillarte	trillarlo, trillarla, trillarse	trillarnos	trillaros	trillarlos, trillarlas, trillarse
with gerund trillando	dative	trillándome	trillándote	trillándole, trillándose	trillándonos	trillándoos	trillándoles, trillándose
	accusative	trillándome	trillándote	trillándolo, trillándola, trillándose	trillándonos	trillándoos	trillándolos, trillándolas, trillándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative trilla	dative	tríllame	tríllate	tríllale	tríllanos	not used	tríllales
	accusative	tríllame	tríllate	tríllalo, tríllala	tríllanos	not used	tríllalos, tríllalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative trillá	dative	trillame	trillate	trillale	trillanos	not used	trillales
	accusative	trillame	trillate	trillalo, trillala	trillanos	not used	trillalos, trillalas
with formal second-person singular imperative trille	dative	trílleme	not used	tríllele, tríllese	tríllenos	not used	trílleles
	accusative	trílleme	not used	tríllelo, tríllela, tríllese	tríllenos	not used	tríllelos, tríllelas
with first-person plural imperative trillemos	dative	not used	trillémoste	trillémosle	trillémonos	trillémoos	trillémosles
	accusative	not used	trillémoste	trillémoslo, trillémosla	trillémonos	trillémoos	trillémoslos, trillémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative trillad	dative	trilladme	not used	trilladle	trilladnos	trillaos	trilladles
	accusative	trilladme	not used	trilladlo, trilladla	trilladnos	trillaos	trilladlos, trilladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative trillen	dative	tríllenme	not used	tríllenle	tríllennos	not used	tríllenles, tríllense
	accusative	tríllenme	not used	tríllenlo, tríllenla	tríllennos	not used	tríllenlos, tríllenlas, tríllense

Related terms

• trilla
• trillador
• trilladora

 

Further reading

• “trillar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Verb

trillar

1. present indicative of trilla