enchinar

Spanish

Etymology

From en- +‎ china +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ent͡ʃiˈnaɾ/ [ẽnʲ.t͡ʃiˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: en‧chi‧nar

Verb

enchinar (first-person singular present enchino, first-person singular preterite enchiné, past participle enchinado)

1. (transitive) to pave (with pebbles)
2. (Mexico, transitive) to curl (hair)
3. (Mexico, reflexive) to get goosebumps

Conjugation

    Conjugation of enchinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			enchinar
gerund			enchinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		enchinado		enchinada
		plural		enchinados		enchinadas
		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	enchino	enchinastú enchinásvos	enchina	enchinamos	enchináis	enchinan
	imperfect	enchinaba	enchinabas	enchinaba	enchinábamos	enchinabais	enchinaban
	preterite	enchiné	enchinaste	enchinó	enchinamos	enchinasteis	enchinaron
	future	enchinaré	enchinarás	enchinará	enchinaremos	enchinaréis	enchinarán
	conditional	enchinaría	enchinarías	enchinaría	enchinaríamos	enchinaríais	enchinarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	enchine	enchinestú enchinésvos2	enchine	enchinemos	enchinéis	enchinen
	imperfect (ra)	enchinara	enchinaras	enchinara	enchináramos	enchinarais	enchinaran
	imperfect (se)	enchinase	enchinases	enchinase	enchinásemos	enchinaseis	enchinasen
	future1	enchinare	enchinares	enchinare	enchináremos	enchinareis	enchinaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		enchinatú enchinávos	enchine	enchinemos	enchinad	enchinen
	negative		no enchines	no enchine	no enchinemos	no enchinéis	no enchinen

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

    Selected combined forms of enchinar

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 enchinar
	dative	enchinarme	enchinarte	enchinarle, enchinarse	enchinarnos	enchinaros	enchinarles, enchinarse
	accusative	enchinarme	enchinarte	enchinarlo, enchinarla, enchinarse	enchinarnos	enchinaros	enchinarlos, enchinarlas, enchinarse
with gerund enchinando
	dative	enchinándome	enchinándote	enchinándole, enchinándose	enchinándonos	enchinándoos	enchinándoles, enchinándose
	accusative	enchinándome	enchinándote	enchinándolo, enchinándola, enchinándose	enchinándonos	enchinándoos	enchinándolos, enchinándolas, enchinándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative enchina
	dative	enchíname	enchínate	enchínale	enchínanos	not used	enchínales
	accusative	enchíname	enchínate	enchínalo, enchínala	enchínanos	not used	enchínalos, enchínalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative enchiná
	dative	enchiname	enchinate	enchinale	enchinanos	not used	enchinales
	accusative	enchiname	enchinate	enchinalo, enchinala	enchinanos	not used	enchinalos, enchinalas
with formal second-person singular imperative enchine
	dative	enchíneme	not used	enchínele, enchínese	enchínenos	not used	enchíneles
	accusative	enchíneme	not used	enchínelo, enchínela, enchínese	enchínenos	not used	enchínelos, enchínelas
with first-person plural imperative enchinemos
	dative	not used	enchinémoste	enchinémosle	enchinémonos	enchinémoos	enchinémosles
	accusative	not used	enchinémoste	enchinémoslo, enchinémosla	enchinémonos	enchinémoos	enchinémoslos, enchinémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative enchinad
	dative	enchinadme	not used	enchinadle	enchinadnos	enchinaos	enchinadles
	accusative	enchinadme	not used	enchinadlo, enchinadla	enchinadnos	enchinaos	enchinadlos, enchinadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative enchinen
	dative	enchínenme	not used	enchínenle	enchínennos	not used	enchínenles, enchínense
	accusative	enchínenme	not used	enchínenlo, enchínenla	enchínennos	not used	enchínenlos, enchínenlas, enchínense

Further reading

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