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Galician
Etymology
From a- + niño (“nest”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
Verb
aniñar (first-person singular present aniño, first-person singular preterite aniñei, past participle aniñado)
- to nest
- (pronominal) to crouch
Conjugation
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aniñar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aniñar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aniñar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Etymology
From a- + niño (“child”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aniˈɲaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧ni‧ñar
Verb
aniñar (first-person singular present aniño, first-person singular preterite aniñé, past participle aniñado)
- (transitive) to cause to be childlike
- (reflexive) to be childlike
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of aniñar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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singular
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plural
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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1st person
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2nd person
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3rd person
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with infinitive aniñar
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dative
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aniñarme
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aniñarte
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aniñarle, aniñarse
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aniñarnos
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aniñaros
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aniñarles, aniñarse
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accusative
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aniñarme
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aniñarte
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aniñarlo, aniñarla, aniñarse
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aniñarnos
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aniñaros
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aniñarlos, aniñarlas, aniñarse
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with gerund aniñando
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dative
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aniñándome
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aniñándote
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aniñándole, aniñándose
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aniñándonos
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aniñándoos
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aniñándoles, aniñándose
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accusative
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aniñándome
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aniñándote
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aniñándolo, aniñándola, aniñándose
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aniñándonos
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aniñándoos
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aniñándolos, aniñándolas, aniñándose
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with informal second-person singular tú imperative aniña
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dative
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aníñame
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aníñate
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aníñale
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aníñanos
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not used
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aníñales
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accusative
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aníñame
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aníñate
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aníñalo, aníñala
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aníñanos
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not used
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aníñalos, aníñalas
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with informal second-person singular vos imperative aniñá
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dative
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aniñame
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aniñate
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aniñale
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aniñanos
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not used
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aniñales
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accusative
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aniñame
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aniñate
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aniñalo, aniñala
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aniñanos
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not used
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aniñalos, aniñalas
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with formal second-person singular imperative aniñe
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dative
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aníñeme
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not used
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aníñele, aníñese
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aníñenos
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not used
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aníñeles
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accusative
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aníñeme
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not used
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aníñelo, aníñela, aníñese
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aníñenos
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not used
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aníñelos, aníñelas
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with first-person plural imperative aniñemos
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dative
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not used
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aniñémoste
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aniñémosle
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aniñémonos
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aniñémoos
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aniñémosles
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accusative
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not used
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aniñémoste
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aniñémoslo, aniñémosla
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aniñémonos
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aniñémoos
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aniñémoslos, aniñémoslas
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with informal second-person plural imperative aniñad
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dative
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aniñadme
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not used
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aniñadle
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aniñadnos
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aniñaos
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aniñadles
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accusative
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aniñadme
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not used
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aniñadlo, aniñadla
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aniñadnos
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aniñaos
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aniñadlos, aniñadlas
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with formal second-person plural imperative aniñen
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dative
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aníñenme
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not used
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aníñenle
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aníñennos
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not used
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aníñenles, aníñense
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accusative
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aníñenme
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not used
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aníñenlo, aníñenla
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aníñennos
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not used
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aníñenlos, aníñenlas, aníñense
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