tullir

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tollere (“take away, destroy”). Doublet of toller.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tuˈʝiɾ/ [t̪uˈʝiɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /tuˈʝiɾ/ [t̪uˈʝiɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /tuˈʎiɾ/ [t̪uˈʎiɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /tuˈʃiɾ/ [t̪uˈʃiɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /tuˈʒiɾ/ [t̪uˈʒiɾ]

• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: tu‧llir

Verb

tullir (first-person singular present tullo, first-person singular preterite tullí, past participle tullido)

1. to paralyze, cripple, maim

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tullir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			tullir
gerund			tullendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		tullido		tullida
		plural		tullidos		tullidas
		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	tullo	tullestú tullísvos	tulle	tullimos	tullís	tullen
	imperfect	tullía	tullías	tullía	tullíamos	tullíais	tullían
	preterite	tullí	tulliste	tulló	tullimos	tullisteis	tulleron
	future	tulliré	tullirás	tullirá	tulliremos	tulliréis	tullirán
	conditional	tulliría	tullirías	tulliría	tulliríamos	tulliríais	tullirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	tulla	tullastú tullásvos2	tulla	tullamos	tulláis	tullan
	imperfect (ra)	tullera	tulleras	tullera	tulléramos	tullerais	tulleran
	imperfect (se)	tullese	tulleses	tullese	tullésemos	tulleseis	tullesen
	future1	tullere	tulleres	tullere	tulléremos	tullereis	tulleren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		tulletú tullívos	tulla	tullamos	tullid	tullan
	negative		no tullas	no tulla	no tullamos	no tulláis	no tullan

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

Further reading

• “tullir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16