rechinar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ret͡ʃiˈnaɾ/ [re.t͡ʃiˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧chi‧nar

Verb

rechinar (first-person singular present rechino, first-person singular preterite rechiné, past participle rechinado)

1. to squeak, squeal
2. to grind (one's teeth)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rechinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			rechinar
gerund			rechinando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		rechinado		rechinada
		plural		rechinados		rechinadas
		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	rechino	rechinastú rechinásvos	rechina	rechinamos	rechináis	rechinan
	imperfect	rechinaba	rechinabas	rechinaba	rechinábamos	rechinabais	rechinaban
	preterite	rechiné	rechinaste	rechinó	rechinamos	rechinasteis	rechinaron
	future	rechinaré	rechinarás	rechinará	rechinaremos	rechinaréis	rechinarán
	conditional	rechinaría	rechinarías	rechinaría	rechinaríamos	rechinaríais	rechinarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	rechine	rechinestú rechinésvos2	rechine	rechinemos	rechinéis	rechinen
	imperfect (ra)	rechinara	rechinaras	rechinara	rechináramos	rechinarais	rechinaran
	imperfect (se)	rechinase	rechinases	rechinase	rechinásemos	rechinaseis	rechinasen
	future1	rechinare	rechinares	rechinare	rechináremos	rechinareis	rechinaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		rechinatú rechinávos	rechine	rechinemos	rechinad	rechinen
	negative		no rechines	no rechine	no rechinemos	no rechinéis	no rechinen

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

    Selected combined forms of rechinar

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 rechinar
	dative	rechinarme	rechinarte	rechinarle, rechinarse	rechinarnos	rechinaros	rechinarles, rechinarse
	accusative	rechinarme	rechinarte	rechinarlo, rechinarla, rechinarse	rechinarnos	rechinaros	rechinarlos, rechinarlas, rechinarse
with gerund rechinando
	dative	rechinándome	rechinándote	rechinándole, rechinándose	rechinándonos	rechinándoos	rechinándoles, rechinándose
	accusative	rechinándome	rechinándote	rechinándolo, rechinándola, rechinándose	rechinándonos	rechinándoos	rechinándolos, rechinándolas, rechinándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative rechina
	dative	rechíname	rechínate	rechínale	rechínanos	not used	rechínales
	accusative	rechíname	rechínate	rechínalo, rechínala	rechínanos	not used	rechínalos, rechínalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative rechiná
	dative	rechiname	rechinate	rechinale	rechinanos	not used	rechinales
	accusative	rechiname	rechinate	rechinalo, rechinala	rechinanos	not used	rechinalos, rechinalas
with formal second-person singular imperative rechine
	dative	rechíneme	not used	rechínele, rechínese	rechínenos	not used	rechíneles
	accusative	rechíneme	not used	rechínelo, rechínela, rechínese	rechínenos	not used	rechínelos, rechínelas
with first-person plural imperative rechinemos
	dative	not used	rechinémoste	rechinémosle	rechinémonos	rechinémoos	rechinémosles
	accusative	not used	rechinémoste	rechinémoslo, rechinémosla	rechinémonos	rechinémoos	rechinémoslos, rechinémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative rechinad
	dative	rechinadme	not used	rechinadle	rechinadnos	rechinaos	rechinadles
	accusative	rechinadme	not used	rechinadlo, rechinadla	rechinadnos	rechinaos	rechinadlos, rechinadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative rechinen
	dative	rechínenme	not used	rechínenle	rechínennos	not used	rechínenles, rechínense
	accusative	rechínenme	not used	rechínenlo, rechínenla	rechínennos	not used	rechínenlos, rechínenlas, rechínense

Derived terms

• rechinador
• rechinadora

 

Further reading

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