tildar

Spanish

Etymology

From metathesis of Late Latin titulāre, a verb based on Latin titulus. Alternatively formed in Spanish based on tilde. In either case, likely semi-learnèd or an early borrowing, considering the /i/ for Latin /ĭ/. Doublet of titular.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tilˈdaɾ/ [t̪il̪ˈd̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: til‧dar

Verb

tildar (first-person singular present tildo, first-person singular preterite tildé, past participle tildado)

1. to declare or brand as; to stigmatize
   • 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:

     En las prácticas religiosas era D. Ángel intachable. No se le podía tildar ni de flaqueza ni de exceso de celo.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2020 August 31, “Indignación en Alemania por el amago ultra de toma del Reichstag”, in La Vanguardia‎^[1]:

     El presidente federal, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, emitió un comunicado en el que tildó lo ocurrido de “ataque contra el corazón de nuestra democracia”.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2023 November 12, Xosé Hermida, “La derecha despliega todas sus redes para deslegitimar a Sánchez”, in El País‎^[2]:

     Lo calificó de “golpe de Estado” y tildó a Sánchez de “dictador”.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. to put a tilde or other accent mark over
3. (reflexive) (informal) hang (of a computer, to stop working)
4. (reflexive) (informal) to go into a trance, a stupor

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tildar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tildar
gerund			tildando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tildado		tildada
		plural		tildados		tildadas
		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	tildo	tildastú tildásvos	tilda	tildamos	tildáis	tildan
	imperfect	tildaba	tildabas	tildaba	tildábamos	tildabais	tildaban
	preterite	tildé	tildaste	tildó	tildamos	tildasteis	tildaron
	future	tildaré	tildarás	tildará	tildaremos	tildaréis	tildarán
	conditional	tildaría	tildarías	tildaría	tildaríamos	tildaríais	tildarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tilde	tildestú tildésvos2	tilde	tildemos	tildéis	tilden
	imperfect (ra)	tildara	tildaras	tildara	tildáramos	tildarais	tildaran
	imperfect (se)	tildase	tildases	tildase	tildásemos	tildaseis	tildasen
	future1	tildare	tildares	tildare	tildáremos	tildareis	tildaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tildatú tildávos	tilde	tildemos	tildad	tilden
	negative		no tildes	no tilde	no tildemos	no tildéis	no tilden

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

    Selected combined forms of tildar

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 tildar
	dative	tildarme	tildarte	tildarle, tildarse	tildarnos	tildaros	tildarles, tildarse
	accusative	tildarme	tildarte	tildarlo, tildarla, tildarse	tildarnos	tildaros	tildarlos, tildarlas, tildarse
with gerund tildando
	dative	tildándome	tildándote	tildándole, tildándose	tildándonos	tildándoos	tildándoles, tildándose
	accusative	tildándome	tildándote	tildándolo, tildándola, tildándose	tildándonos	tildándoos	tildándolos, tildándolas, tildándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tilda
	dative	tíldame	tíldate	tíldale	tíldanos	not used	tíldales
	accusative	tíldame	tíldate	tíldalo, tíldala	tíldanos	not used	tíldalos, tíldalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tildá
	dative	tildame	tildate	tildale	tildanos	not used	tildales
	accusative	tildame	tildate	tildalo, tildala	tildanos	not used	tildalos, tildalas
with formal second-person singular imperative tilde
	dative	tíldeme	not used	tíldele, tíldese	tíldenos	not used	tíldeles
	accusative	tíldeme	not used	tíldelo, tíldela, tíldese	tíldenos	not used	tíldelos, tíldelas
with first-person plural imperative tildemos
	dative	not used	tildémoste	tildémosle	tildémonos	tildémoos	tildémosles
	accusative	not used	tildémoste	tildémoslo, tildémosla	tildémonos	tildémoos	tildémoslos, tildémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tildad
	dative	tildadme	not used	tildadle	tildadnos	tildaos	tildadles
	accusative	tildadme	not used	tildadlo, tildadla	tildadnos	tildaos	tildadlos, tildadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tilden
	dative	tíldenme	not used	tíldenle	tíldennos	not used	tíldenles, tíldense
	accusative	tíldenme	not used	tíldenlo, tíldenla	tíldennos	not used	tíldenlos, tíldenlas, tíldense

Derived terms

• tilde

 

Further reading

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