afinar

From a- +‎ fi +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

afinar (first-person singular present afino, first-person singular preterite afiní, past participle afinat)

1. (transitive) to refine
2. (transitive) to tune (to modify a musical instrument)
3. (pronominal) to approach

• afinador
• afinament
• afinat

• “afinar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “afinar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “afinar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “afinar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /afiˈnaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧fi‧nar

afinar (first-person singular present afino, first-person singular preterite afinei, past participle afinado)

1. (transitive) to refine
2. (transitive) to tune (to modify a musical instrument)

• fino

• “afinar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• “afinar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

afinar (Latin spelling)

1. to let (someone) starve

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afinar

1. to refine
2. to purify

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		afinar			aver afinat
gerund		afinant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		afinat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	afini	afinas	afina	afinam	afinatz	afinan
	imperfect	afinavi	afinavas	afinava	afinàvem	afinàvetz	afinavan
	preterite	afinèri	afinères	afinèt	afinèrem	afinèretz	afinèron
	future	afinarai	afinaràs	afinarà	afinarem	afinaretz	afinaràn
	conditional	afinariái	afinariás	afinariá	afinariam	afinariatz	afinarián
	conditional 2nd form1	afinèra	afinèras	afinèra	afineram	afineratz	afinèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	afine	afines	afine	afinem	afinetz	afinen
	imperfect	afinèssi	afinèsses	afinèsse	afinèssem	afinèssetz	afinèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			afina		afinem	afinatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		afinar			aver afinat
gerund		afinant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		afinat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	afine	afines	afina	afinam	afinatz	afinon
	imperfect	afinave	afinaves	afinava	afinaviam	afinaviatz	afinavon
	preterite	afinere	afineres	afinet	afinem	afinetz	afineron
	future	afinarai	afinaràs	afinará	afinarem	afinaretz	afinarán
	conditional	afinariá	afinariás	afinariá	afinariam	afinariatz	afinarián
	conditional 2nd form1	afinèra	afinèras	afinèra	afineram	afineratz	afinèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	afine	afines	afine	afinassiam	afinassiatz	afinon
	imperfect	afinesse	afinesses	afinesse	afinessiam	afinessiatz	afinesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			afina		afinassiam	afinatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		afinar			aver afinat
gerund		afinant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		afinat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	afini	afinas	afina	afinam	afinatz	afinan
	imperfect	afinavi	afinavas	afinava	afinàvam	afinàvatz	afinavan
	preterite	afinèi	afinès	afinè	afinèm	afinètz	afinèn
	future	afinarèi	afinaràs	afinarà	afinaram	afinaratz	afinaràn
	conditional	afinarí	afinarés	afinaré	afinarem	afinaretz	afinarén
	conditional 2nd form1	afinèra	afinèras	afinèra	afineram	afineratz	afinèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	afini	afines	afine	afinem	afinetz	afinen
	imperfect	afinèssi	afinèsses	afinèsse	afinèssem	afinèssetz	afinèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			afina		afinem	afinatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		afinar			aver afinat
gerund		afinant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		afinat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	afine	afinas	afina	afinam	afinatz	afinan
	imperfect	afinava	afinavas	afinava	afinàvam	afinàvatz	afinavan
	preterite	afinei	afineras	afinet	afinèram	afinèratz	afineran
	future	afinarai	afinaràs	afinará	afinarem	afinaretz	afinarán
	conditional	afinariá	afinariàs	afinariá	afinariam	afinariatz	afinarián
	conditional 2nd form1	afinèra	afinèras	afinèra	afineram	afineratz	afinèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	afine	afines	afine	afinem	afinetz	afinen
	imperfect	afinèsse	afinèsses	afinèsse	afinèssem	afinèssetz	afinèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			afina		afinem	afinatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		afinar			aver afinat
gerund		afinant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		afinat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	afine	afines	afina	afinam	afinatz	afinan
	imperfect	afinavi	afinavas	afinava	afinàvem	afinàvetz	afinavan
	preterite	afinère	afinères	afinèt	afineriam	afineriatz	afinèron
	future	afinarai	afinaràs	afinarà	afinarem	afinaretz	afinaràn
	conditional	afinariáu	afinariás	afinariá	afinariam	afinariatz	afinarián
	conditional 2nd form1	afinèra	afinèras	afinèra	afineram	afineratz	afinèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	afine	afines	afine	afinem	afinetz	afinan
	imperfect	afinèsse	afinèsses	afinèsse	afinessiam	afinessiatz	afinèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			afina		afinem	afinatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 28.

From a- +‎ fino +‎ -ar, influenced by French affiner.^[1]

afinar (first-person singular present afino, first-person singular preterite afinei, past participle afinado)

1. (transitive) to thin (to make thinner)

   Synonym: adelgaçar

2. (intransitive) to thin (to become thinner)

   Synonym: adelgaçar

3. (music) to tune (to modify a musical instrument)

• desafinar

• fino

• Macanese: afinâ

• “afinar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “afinar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “afinar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

From fino. Compare archaic English affine (“to refine”).

• IPA^(key): /afiˈnaɾ/

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧fi‧nar

afinar (first-person singular present afino, first-person singular preterite afiné, past participle afinado)

1. (transitive) to refine, to fine-tune
2. (transitive) to tune (to modify a musical instrument)

   Synonym: entonar

• “afinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10