horripilar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin horripilare, from Latin horreo + pilus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oripiˈlaɾ/ [o.ri.piˈlaɾ]

Verb

horripilar (first-person singular present horripilo, first-person singular preterite horripilé, past participle horripilado)

1. to horrify

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:asustar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of horripilar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			horripilar
gerund			horripilando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		horripilado		horripilada
		plural		horripilados		horripiladas
		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	horripilo	horripilastú horripilásvos	horripila	horripilamos	horripiláis	horripilan
	imperfect	horripilaba	horripilabas	horripilaba	horripilábamos	horripilabais	horripilaban
	preterite	horripilé	horripilaste	horripiló	horripilamos	horripilasteis	horripilaron
	future	horripilaré	horripilarás	horripilará	horripilaremos	horripilaréis	horripilarán
	conditional	horripilaría	horripilarías	horripilaría	horripilaríamos	horripilaríais	horripilarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	horripile	horripilestú horripilésvos2	horripile	horripilemos	horripiléis	horripilen
	imperfect (ra)	horripilara	horripilaras	horripilara	horripiláramos	horripilarais	horripilaran
	imperfect (se)	horripilase	horripilases	horripilase	horripilásemos	horripilaseis	horripilasen
	future1	horripilare	horripilares	horripilare	horripiláremos	horripilareis	horripilaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		horripilatú horripilávos	horripile	horripilemos	horripilad	horripilen
	negative		no horripiles	no horripile	no horripilemos	no horripiléis	no horripilen

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

    Selected combined forms of horripilar

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 horripilar
	dative	horripilarme	horripilarte	horripilarle, horripilarse	horripilarnos	horripilaros	horripilarles, horripilarse
	accusative	horripilarme	horripilarte	horripilarlo, horripilarla, horripilarse	horripilarnos	horripilaros	horripilarlos, horripilarlas, horripilarse
with gerund horripilando
	dative	horripilándome	horripilándote	horripilándole, horripilándose	horripilándonos	horripilándoos	horripilándoles, horripilándose
	accusative	horripilándome	horripilándote	horripilándolo, horripilándola, horripilándose	horripilándonos	horripilándoos	horripilándolos, horripilándolas, horripilándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative horripila
	dative	horripílame	horripílate	horripílale	horripílanos	not used	horripílales
	accusative	horripílame	horripílate	horripílalo, horripílala	horripílanos	not used	horripílalos, horripílalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative horripilá
	dative	horripilame	horripilate	horripilale	horripilanos	not used	horripilales
	accusative	horripilame	horripilate	horripilalo, horripilala	horripilanos	not used	horripilalos, horripilalas
with formal second-person singular imperative horripile
	dative	horripíleme	not used	horripílele, horripílese	horripílenos	not used	horripíleles
	accusative	horripíleme	not used	horripílelo, horripílela, horripílese	horripílenos	not used	horripílelos, horripílelas
with first-person plural imperative horripilemos
	dative	not used	horripilémoste	horripilémosle	horripilémonos	horripilémoos	horripilémosles
	accusative	not used	horripilémoste	horripilémoslo, horripilémosla	horripilémonos	horripilémoos	horripilémoslos, horripilémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative horripilad
	dative	horripiladme	not used	horripiladle	horripiladnos	horripilaos	horripiladles
	accusative	horripiladme	not used	horripiladlo, horripiladla	horripiladnos	horripilaos	horripiladlos, horripiladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative horripilen
	dative	horripílenme	not used	horripílenle	horripílennos	not used	horripílenles, horripílense
	accusative	horripílenme	not used	horripílenlo, horripílenla	horripílennos	not used	horripílenlos, horripílenlas, horripílense

Related terms

• horror

Further reading

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