gatillar

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From gatillo +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡatiˈʝaɾ/ [ɡa.t̪iˈʝaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ɡatiˈʎaɾ/ [ɡa.t̪iˈʎaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡatiˈʃaɾ/ [ɡa.t̪iˈʃaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡatiˈʒaɾ/ [ɡa.t̪iˈʒaɾ]

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: ga‧ti‧llar

Verb

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gatillar (first-person singular present gatillo, first-person singular preterite gatillé, past participle gatillado)

  1. (Argentina, colloquial) to shell out, fork out (pay)
  2. (transitive) to trigger
    • 2015 December, “Sorpresa en "The Big Bang Theory": Sheldon Cooper da un giro radical”, in Emol[1]:
      Gran parte de la presente temporada de "The Big Bang Theory" ha girado en torno al quiebre de la relación entre los personajes interpretados por Jim Parsons y Mayim Bialik, y su posterior reconciliación que gatilló que exista mayor intimidad entre ambos.
      A large part of the current season of "The Big Bang Theory" has revolved around the breakdown of the relationship between the characters played by Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik and their subsequent reconciliation that triggered [that there exists] greater intimacy between the two.

Conjugation

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