ansiar

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin anxiāre. By surface analysis, ânsia +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.siˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃ˈsja(ʁ)/
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.siˈa(ɾ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃ˈsja(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.siˈa(ʁ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃ˈsja(ʁ)/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɐ̃.siˈa(ɻ)/ , (faster pronunciation) /ɐ̃ˈsja(ɻ)/
 

  • Hyphenation: an‧si‧ar

Verb

ansiar (first-person singular present anseio, third-person singular present anseia, first-person singular preterite ansiei, past participle ansiado)

  1. (transitive with por) to long for, desire
    Ansiamos pela paz.
    We are longing for peace.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ansiar (i becomes ei when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular Plural
First-person
(eu) 		Second-person
(tu) 		Third-person
(ele / ela / você) 		First-person
(nós) 		Second-person
(vós) 		Third-person
(eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal ansiar
Personal ansiar ansiares ansiar ansiarmos ansiardes ansiarem
Gerund
ansiando
Past participle
Masculine ansiado ansiados
Feminine ansiada ansiadas
Indicative
Present anseio anseias anseia ansiamos ansiais anseiam
Imperfect ansiava ansiavas ansiava ansiávamos ansiáveis ansiavam
Preterite ansiei ansiaste ansiou ansiamos1, ansiámos2 ansiastes ansiaram
Pluperfect ansiara ansiaras ansiara ansiáramos ansiáreis ansiaram
Future ansiarei ansiarás ansiará ansiaremos ansiareis ansiarão
Conditional ansiaria ansiarias ansiaria ansiaríamos ansiaríeis ansiariam
Subjunctive
Present anseie anseies anseie ansiemos ansieis anseiem
Imperfect ansiasse ansiasses ansiasse ansiássemos ansiásseis ansiassem
Future ansiar ansiares ansiar ansiarmos ansiardes ansiarem
Imperative
Affirmative anseia anseie ansiemos ansiai anseiem
Negative (não) não anseies não anseie não ansiemos não ansieis não anseiem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

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Spanish

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin anxiāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /anˈsjaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: an‧siar

Verb

ansiar (first-person singular present ansío, first-person singular preterite ansié, past participle ansiado)

  1. to wish, long for
    Synonym: anhelar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ansiar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive ansiar
gerund ansiando
past participle masculine feminine
singular ansiado ansiada
plural ansiados ansiadas
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 ansío ansíastú
ansiásvos 		ansía ansiamos ansiáis ansían
imperfect ansiaba ansiabas ansiaba ansiábamos ansiabais ansiaban
preterite ansié ansiaste ansió ansiamos ansiasteis ansiaron
future ansiaré ansiarás ansiará ansiaremos ansiaréis ansiarán
conditional ansiaría ansiarías ansiaría ansiaríamos ansiaríais ansiarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present ansíe ansíestú
ansiésvos2 		ansíe ansiemos ansiéis ansíen
imperfect
(ra) 		ansiara ansiaras ansiara ansiáramos ansiarais ansiaran
imperfect
(se) 		ansiase ansiases ansiase ansiásemos ansiaseis ansiasen
future1 ansiare ansiares ansiare ansiáremos ansiareis ansiaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative ansíatú
ansiávos 		ansíe ansiemos ansiad ansíen
negative no ansíes no ansíe no ansiemos no ansiéis no ansíen

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

    Selected combined forms of ansiar (i-í alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
with infinitive ansiar
dative ansiarme ansiarte ansiarle, ansiarse ansiarnos ansiaros ansiarles, ansiarse
accusative ansiarme ansiarte ansiarlo, ansiarla, ansiarse ansiarnos ansiaros ansiarlos, ansiarlas, ansiarse
with gerund ansiando
dative ansiándome ansiándote ansiándole, ansiándose ansiándonos ansiándoos ansiándoles, ansiándose
accusative ansiándome ansiándote ansiándolo, ansiándola, ansiándose ansiándonos ansiándoos ansiándolos, ansiándolas, ansiándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative ansía
dative ansíame ansíate ansíale ansíanos not used ansíales
accusative ansíame ansíate ansíalo, ansíala ansíanos not used ansíalos, ansíalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative ansiá
dative ansiame ansiate ansiale ansianos not used ansiales
accusative ansiame ansiate ansialo, ansiala ansianos not used ansialos, ansialas
with formal second-person singular imperative ansíe
dative ansíeme not used ansíele, ansíese ansíenos not used ansíeles
accusative ansíeme not used ansíelo, ansíela, ansíese ansíenos not used ansíelos, ansíelas
with first-person plural imperative ansiemos
dative not used ansiémoste ansiémosle ansiémonos ansiémoos ansiémosles
accusative not used ansiémoste ansiémoslo, ansiémosla ansiémonos ansiémoos ansiémoslos, ansiémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative ansiad
dative ansiadme not used ansiadle ansiadnos ansiaos ansiadles
accusative ansiadme not used ansiadlo, ansiadla ansiadnos ansiaos ansiadlos, ansiadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative ansíen
dative ansíenme not used ansíenle ansíennos not used ansíenles, ansíense
accusative ansíenme not used ansíenlo, ansíenla ansíennos not used ansíenlos, ansíenlas, ansíense

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