cinglar

Catalan

Alternative forms

• encinglar

Etymology

From cingla (“girth, saddle strap”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [siŋˈɡla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [siŋˈɡlaɾ]

Verb

cinglar (first-person singular present cinglo, first-person singular preterite cinglí, past participle cinglat)

1. (transitive) to girth (secure with a saddle strap)
2. (transitive) to whip, beat
3. (transitive, nautical) to scull
4. (intransitive, nautical) to sail out to sea until one lose's sight of land

   Synonym: engolfar-se

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cinglar (first conjugation)

infinitive			cinglar
gerund			cinglant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cinglat		cinglada
		plural		cinglats		cinglades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cinglo	cingles	cingla	cinglem	cingleu	cinglen
	imperfect	cinglava	cinglaves	cinglava	cinglàvem	cinglàveu	cinglaven
	future	cinglaré	cinglaràs	cinglarà	cinglarem	cinglareu	cinglaran
	preterite	cinglí	cinglares	cinglà	cinglàrem	cinglàreu	cinglaren
	conditional	cinglaria	cinglaries	cinglaria	cinglaríem	cinglaríeu	cinglarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cingli	cinglis	cingli	cinglem	cingleu	cinglin
	imperfect	cinglés	cinglessis	cinglés	cingléssim	cingléssiu	cinglessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	cingla	cingli	cinglem	cingleu	cinglin
	negative (no)	—	no cinglis	no cingli	no cinglem	no cingleu	no cinglin

Derived terms

• cinglador
• cinglant

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

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Compare French cingler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θinˈɡlaɾ/ [θĩŋˈɡlaɾ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /sinˈɡlaɾ/ [sĩŋˈɡlaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cin‧glar
• Homophone: singlar

Verb

cinglar (first-person singular present cinglo, first-person singular preterite cinglé, past participle cinglado)

1. (transitive, nautical) to scull

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cinglar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			cinglar
gerund			cinglando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cinglado		cinglada
		plural		cinglados		cingladas
		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	cinglo	cinglastú cinglásvos	cingla	cinglamos	cingláis	cinglan
	imperfect	cinglaba	cinglabas	cinglaba	cinglábamos	cinglabais	cinglaban
	preterite	cinglé	cinglaste	cingló	cinglamos	cinglasteis	cinglaron
	future	cinglaré	cinglarás	cinglará	cinglaremos	cinglaréis	cinglarán
	conditional	cinglaría	cinglarías	cinglaría	cinglaríamos	cinglaríais	cinglarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cingle	cinglestú cinglésvos2	cingle	cinglemos	cingléis	cinglen
	imperfect (ra)	cinglara	cinglaras	cinglara	cingláramos	cinglarais	cinglaran
	imperfect (se)	cinglase	cinglases	cinglase	cinglásemos	cinglaseis	cinglasen
	future1	cinglare	cinglares	cinglare	cingláremos	cinglareis	cinglaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cinglatú cinglávos	cingle	cinglemos	cinglad	cinglen
	negative		no cingles	no cingle	no cinglemos	no cingléis	no cinglen

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

    Selected combined forms of cinglar

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 cinglar	dative	cinglarme	cinglarte	cinglarle, cinglarse	cinglarnos	cinglaros	cinglarles, cinglarse
	accusative	cinglarme	cinglarte	cinglarlo, cinglarla, cinglarse	cinglarnos	cinglaros	cinglarlos, cinglarlas, cinglarse
with gerund cinglando	dative	cinglándome	cinglándote	cinglándole, cinglándose	cinglándonos	cinglándoos	cinglándoles, cinglándose
	accusative	cinglándome	cinglándote	cinglándolo, cinglándola, cinglándose	cinglándonos	cinglándoos	cinglándolos, cinglándolas, cinglándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative cingla	dative	cínglame	cínglate	cínglale	cínglanos	not used	cínglales
	accusative	cínglame	cínglate	cínglalo, cínglala	cínglanos	not used	cínglalos, cínglalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative cinglá	dative	cinglame	cinglate	cinglale	cinglanos	not used	cinglales
	accusative	cinglame	cinglate	cinglalo, cinglala	cinglanos	not used	cinglalos, cinglalas
with formal second-person singular imperative cingle	dative	cíngleme	not used	cínglele, cínglese	cínglenos	not used	cíngleles
	accusative	cíngleme	not used	cínglelo, cínglela, cínglese	cínglenos	not used	cínglelos, cínglelas
with first-person plural imperative cinglemos	dative	not used	cinglémoste	cinglémosle	cinglémonos	cinglémoos	cinglémosles
	accusative	not used	cinglémoste	cinglémoslo, cinglémosla	cinglémonos	cinglémoos	cinglémoslos, cinglémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative cinglad	dative	cingladme	not used	cingladle	cingladnos	cinglaos	cingladles
	accusative	cingladme	not used	cingladlo, cingladla	cingladnos	cinglaos	cingladlos, cingladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative cinglen	dative	cínglenme	not used	cínglenle	cínglennos	not used	cínglenles, cínglense
	accusative	cínglenme	not used	cínglenlo, cínglenla	cínglennos	not used	cínglenlos, cínglenlas, cínglense

Further reading

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