año

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ano"

Aragonese

Noun

año m (plural años)

  1. Alternative spelling of anyo (“year”)

References

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century. From Latin agnus.

Pronunciation

Noun

año m (plural años, feminine aña, feminine plural añas)

  1. lamb
    Synonyms: cordeiro, rexelo

References

  • “año” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “año” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “año” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “año” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Nauruan

Etymology

From Pre-Nauruan *ono-u, from Proto-Micronesian *wono-ua, from Proto-Oceanic *onom, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *onəm, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.

Pronunciation

Numeral

año

  1. six

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish anno, from Latin annus (“a year”), from Proto-Italic *atnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-no-, probably from *h₂et- (“to go”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaɲo/
  • Audio (Latin America):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɲo
  • Syllabification: a‧ño

Noun

año m (plural años)

  1. year
    Hypernyms: lustro, década, siglo, milenio
    Hyponyms: día, semana, mes
    el año pasado
    last year
    el año que viene
    next year
    el año vigente
    the current year
    va para un año que no te veo
    it's been a year since I saw you
    con los años me cuesta cada vez más estar feliz
    over the years I find it harder and harder to be happy
    dentro de un par de años
    in a couple of years' time
    el mejor año de mi vida
    the best year of my life
    todos los años es igual
    it's the same thing year on year
    en sus años mozos
    in her childhood years
  2. (a certain) age
    Tengo veinte años.
    I'm twenty .
    Depende de los años que tenga.
    It depends how old it is.

Usage notes

  • To talk about someone's age, in Spanish the construction is tener X años (literally “have X years”). So, "I'm 18 (years old)" would be tengo 18 años. Similarly, "how are old are you?" would be ¿cuántos años tienes? (literally “how many years do you have?”).
  • Do not confuse with ano (“anus”).

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