instilar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin īnstīllāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩs.t͡ʃiˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩs.t͡ʃiˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩs.t͡ʃiˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩs.t͡ʃiˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩs.t͡ʃiˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.t͡ʃiˈla(ʁ)/ [ĩʃ.t͡ʃiˈla(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩs.t͡ʃiˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.tiˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.tiˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩʃ.tiˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: ins‧ti‧lar

Verb

instilar (first-person singular present instilo, first-person singular preterite instilei, past participle instilado)

1. to instill
2. to incite

Conjugation

    Conjugation of instilar (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	instilar
Personal	instilar	instilares	instilar	instilarmos	instilardes	instilarem
Gerund
	instilando
Past participle
Masculine	instilado			instilados
Feminine	instilada			instiladas
Indicative
Present	instilo	instilas	instila	instilamos	instilais	instilam
Imperfect	instilava	instilavas	instilava	instilávamos	instiláveis	instilavam
Preterite	instilei	instilaste	instilou	instilamos1, instilámos2	instilastes	instilaram
Pluperfect	instilara	instilaras	instilara	instiláramos	instiláreis	instilaram
Future	instilarei	instilarás	instilará	instilaremos	instilareis	instilarão
Conditional	instilaria	instilarias	instilaria	instilaríamos	instilaríeis	instilariam
Subjunctive
Present	instile	instiles	instile	instilemos	instileis	instilem
Imperfect	instilasse	instilasses	instilasse	instilássemos	instilásseis	instilassem
Future	instilar	instilares	instilar	instilarmos	instilardes	instilarem
Imperative
Affirmative		instila	instile	instilemos	instilai	instilem
Negative (não)		não instiles	não instile	não instilemos	não instileis	não instilem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• instilação
• instilador

Further reading

• “instilar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin īnstīllāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /instiˈlaɾ/ [ĩns.t̪iˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ins‧ti‧lar

Verb

instilar (first-person singular present instilo, first-person singular preterite instilé, past participle instilado)

1. to instill

   instilar miedo

   instil fear

2. to trickle

Conjugation

    Conjugation of instilar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			instilar
gerund			instilando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		instilado		instilada
		plural		instilados		instiladas
		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	instilo	instilastú instilásvos	instila	instilamos	instiláis	instilan
	imperfect	instilaba	instilabas	instilaba	instilábamos	instilabais	instilaban
	preterite	instilé	instilaste	instiló	instilamos	instilasteis	instilaron
	future	instilaré	instilarás	instilará	instilaremos	instilaréis	instilarán
	conditional	instilaría	instilarías	instilaría	instilaríamos	instilaríais	instilarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	instile	instilestú instilésvos2	instile	instilemos	instiléis	instilen
	imperfect (ra)	instilara	instilaras	instilara	instiláramos	instilarais	instilaran
	imperfect (se)	instilase	instilases	instilase	instilásemos	instilaseis	instilasen
	future1	instilare	instilares	instilare	instiláremos	instilareis	instilaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		instilatú instilávos	instile	instilemos	instilad	instilen
	negative		no instiles	no instile	no instilemos	no instiléis	no instilen

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

    Selected combined forms of instilar

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 instilar	dative	instilarme	instilarte	instilarle, instilarse	instilarnos	instilaros	instilarles, instilarse
	accusative	instilarme	instilarte	instilarlo, instilarla, instilarse	instilarnos	instilaros	instilarlos, instilarlas, instilarse
with gerund instilando	dative	instilándome	instilándote	instilándole, instilándose	instilándonos	instilándoos	instilándoles, instilándose
	accusative	instilándome	instilándote	instilándolo, instilándola, instilándose	instilándonos	instilándoos	instilándolos, instilándolas, instilándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative instila	dative	instílame	instílate	instílale	instílanos	not used	instílales
	accusative	instílame	instílate	instílalo, instílala	instílanos	not used	instílalos, instílalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative instilá	dative	instilame	instilate	instilale	instilanos	not used	instilales
	accusative	instilame	instilate	instilalo, instilala	instilanos	not used	instilalos, instilalas
with formal second-person singular imperative instile	dative	instíleme	not used	instílele, instílese	instílenos	not used	instíleles
	accusative	instíleme	not used	instílelo, instílela, instílese	instílenos	not used	instílelos, instílelas
with first-person plural imperative instilemos	dative	not used	instilémoste	instilémosle	instilémonos	instilémoos	instilémosles
	accusative	not used	instilémoste	instilémoslo, instilémosla	instilémonos	instilémoos	instilémoslos, instilémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative instilad	dative	instiladme	not used	instiladle	instiladnos	instilaos	instiladles
	accusative	instiladme	not used	instiladlo, instiladla	instiladnos	instilaos	instiladlos, instiladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative instilen	dative	instílenme	not used	instílenle	instílennos	not used	instílenles, instílense
	accusative	instílenme	not used	instílenlo, instílenla	instílennos	not used	instílenlos, instílenlas, instílense

Related terms

• instilación

Further reading

• “instilar”, 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