amainar

Uncertain, perhaps related to Old French amaisnier.^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

amainar (first-person singular present amaino, first-person singular preterite amainí, past participle amainat)

1. to abate (to lessen in force)
2. to lose weight
3. (nautical) to shorten (sails)

• → Spanish: amainar

• “amainar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “amainar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “amainar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “amainar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• amaynar (obsolete)

Uncertain. Suggested derivations include:

• Gothic *𐌰𐍆𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 (*afmaginōn), via Catalan amainar;
• Latin *invāgīnāre, via Italian ammainare;
• Latin ad- + *mināre

amainar (first-person singular present amaino, first-person singular preterite amainei, past participle amainado)

1. to abate (to lessen in force)

   Synonyms: abrandar, acalmar, ceder

2. to calm down (to become less excited, intense, or angry)

   Synonym: acalmar

• amainado

• “amainar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “amainar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Catalan amainar, from Gothic *𐌰𐍆𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 (*afmaginōn).

• IPA^(key): /amaiˈnaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧mai‧nar

amainar (first-person singular present amaino, first-person singular preterite amainé, past participle amainado)

1. (intransitive) to abate, to die down, to subside, to let up, to ease off

   Antonym: arreciar

   • 2020 November 27, Silvia Ayuso, “El clamor tras la paliza policial a un hombre negro provoca tensión en el Gobierno francés”, in El País‎, retrieved 2020-11-27:

     Esta vez, la tormenta sopla por todas partes, también desde dentro, y no parece amainar.

     This time, the storm is blowing everywhere, also from within, and it doesn't seem to calm down.

2. (transitive) to shorten, to take in

• “amainar”, 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