arcillar

Spanish

Etymology

From arcilla +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /aɾθiˈʝaɾ/ [aɾ.θiˈʝaɾ] (Spain)

• IPA^(key): /aɾθiˈʝaɾ/ [aɾ.θiˈʝaɾ] (most of Spain)
• IPA^(key): /aɾθiˈʎaɾ/ [aɾ.θiˈʎaɾ] (rural northern Spain)

 

• IPA^(key): /aɾsiˈʝaɾ/ [aɾ.siˈʝaɾ] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /aɾsiˈʝaɾ/ [aɾ.siˈʝaɾ] (most of Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /aɾsiˈʎaɾ/ [aɾ.siˈʎaɾ] (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)

 

• IPA^(key): /aɾsiˈʃaɾ/ [aɾ.siˈʃaɾ] (Latin America)

• IPA^(key): /aɾsiˈʃaɾ/ [aɾ.siˈʃaɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /aɾsiˈʒaɾ/ [aɾ.siˈʒaɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ar‧ci‧llar

Verb

arcillar (first-person singular present arcillo, first-person singular preterite arcillé, past participle arcillado)

1. (transitive) to clay

Conjugation

    Conjugation of arcillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			arcillar
gerund			arcillando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		arcillado		arcillada
		plural		arcillados		arcilladas
		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	arcillo	arcillastú arcillásvos	arcilla	arcillamos	arcilláis	arcillan
	imperfect	arcillaba	arcillabas	arcillaba	arcillábamos	arcillabais	arcillaban
	preterite	arcillé	arcillaste	arcilló	arcillamos	arcillasteis	arcillaron
	future	arcillaré	arcillarás	arcillará	arcillaremos	arcillaréis	arcillarán
	conditional	arcillaría	arcillarías	arcillaría	arcillaríamos	arcillaríais	arcillarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	arcille	arcillestú arcillésvos2	arcille	arcillemos	arcilléis	arcillen
	imperfect (ra)	arcillara	arcillaras	arcillara	arcilláramos	arcillarais	arcillaran
	imperfect (se)	arcillase	arcillases	arcillase	arcillásemos	arcillaseis	arcillasen
	future1	arcillare	arcillares	arcillare	arcilláremos	arcillareis	arcillaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		arcillatú arcillávos	arcille	arcillemos	arcillad	arcillen
	negative		no arcilles	no arcille	no arcillemos	no arcilléis	no arcillen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of arcillar

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 arcillar	dative	arcillarme	arcillarte	arcillarle, arcillarse	arcillarnos	arcillaros	arcillarles, arcillarse
	accusative	arcillarme	arcillarte	arcillarlo, arcillarla, arcillarse	arcillarnos	arcillaros	arcillarlos, arcillarlas, arcillarse
with gerund arcillando	dative	arcillándome	arcillándote	arcillándole, arcillándose	arcillándonos	arcillándoos	arcillándoles, arcillándose
	accusative	arcillándome	arcillándote	arcillándolo, arcillándola, arcillándose	arcillándonos	arcillándoos	arcillándolos, arcillándolas, arcillándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative arcilla	dative	arcíllame	arcíllate	arcíllale	arcíllanos	not used	arcíllales
	accusative	arcíllame	arcíllate	arcíllalo, arcíllala	arcíllanos	not used	arcíllalos, arcíllalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative arcillá	dative	arcillame	arcillate	arcillale	arcillanos	not used	arcillales
	accusative	arcillame	arcillate	arcillalo, arcillala	arcillanos	not used	arcillalos, arcillalas
with formal second-person singular imperative arcille	dative	arcílleme	not used	arcíllele, arcíllese	arcíllenos	not used	arcílleles
	accusative	arcílleme	not used	arcíllelo, arcíllela, arcíllese	arcíllenos	not used	arcíllelos, arcíllelas
with first-person plural imperative arcillemos	dative	not used	arcillémoste	arcillémosle	arcillémonos	arcillémoos	arcillémosles
	accusative	not used	arcillémoste	arcillémoslo, arcillémosla	arcillémonos	arcillémoos	arcillémoslos, arcillémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative arcillad	dative	arcilladme	not used	arcilladle	arcilladnos	arcillaos	arcilladles
	accusative	arcilladme	not used	arcilladlo, arcilladla	arcilladnos	arcillaos	arcilladlos, arcilladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative arcillen	dative	arcíllenme	not used	arcíllenle	arcíllennos	not used	arcíllenles, arcíllense
	accusative	arcíllenme	not used	arcíllenlo, arcíllenla	arcíllennos	not used	arcíllenlos, arcíllenlas, arcíllense

Further reading

• “arcillar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025