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Spanish
Etymology
From a- + piña + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apiˈɲaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧pi‧ñar
Verb
apiñar (first-person singular present apiño, first-person singular preterite apiñé, past participle apiñado)
- to pack together, squeeze/squash together
2017 October 3, Álex Grijelmo, “Nunca hubo un millón”, in El País, Madrid, →ISSN:Para resultar cierta la cifra municipal habría sido necesario apiñar a 14 personas por metro cuadrado.- To prove the municipal figure true, it would have been necessary to squeeze 14 people into each square meter.
- (reflexive) to crowd together; to bunch
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 apiñar
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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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 apiñar
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| dative
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apiñarme
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apiñarte
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apiñarle, apiñarse
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apiñarnos
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apiñaros
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apiñarles, apiñarse
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| accusative
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apiñarme
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apiñarte
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apiñarlo, apiñarla, apiñarse
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apiñarnos
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apiñaros
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apiñarlos, apiñarlas, apiñarse
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| with gerund apiñando
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| dative
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apiñándome
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apiñándote
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apiñándole, apiñándose
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apiñándonos
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apiñándoos
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apiñándoles, apiñándose
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| accusative
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apiñándome
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apiñándote
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apiñándolo, apiñándola, apiñándose
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apiñándonos
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apiñándoos
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apiñándolos, apiñándolas, apiñándose
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| with informal second-person singular tú imperative apiña
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| dative
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apíñame
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apíñate
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apíñale
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apíñanos
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not used
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apíñales
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| accusative
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apíñame
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apíñate
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apíñalo, apíñala
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apíñanos
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not used
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apíñalos, apíñalas
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| with informal second-person singular vos imperative apiñá
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| dative
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apiñame
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apiñate
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apiñale
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apiñanos
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not used
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apiñales
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| accusative
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apiñame
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apiñate
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apiñalo, apiñala
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apiñanos
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not used
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apiñalos, apiñalas
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| with formal second-person singular imperative apiñe
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| dative
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apíñeme
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not used
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apíñele, apíñese
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apíñenos
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not used
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apíñeles
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| accusative
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apíñeme
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not used
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apíñelo, apíñela, apíñese
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apíñenos
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not used
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apíñelos, apíñelas
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| with first-person plural imperative apiñemos
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| dative
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not used
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apiñémoste
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apiñémosle
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apiñémonos
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apiñémoos
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apiñémosles
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| accusative
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not used
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apiñémoste
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apiñémoslo, apiñémosla
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apiñémonos
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apiñémoos
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apiñémoslos, apiñémoslas
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| with informal second-person plural imperative apiñad
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| dative
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apiñadme
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not used
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apiñadle
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apiñadnos
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apiñaos
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apiñadles
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| accusative
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apiñadme
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not used
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apiñadlo, apiñadla
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apiñadnos
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apiñaos
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apiñadlos, apiñadlas
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| with formal second-person plural imperative apiñen
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| dative
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apíñenme
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not used
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apíñenle
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apíñennos
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not used
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apíñenles, apíñense
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| accusative
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apíñenme
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not used
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apíñenlo, apíñenla
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apíñennos
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not used
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apíñenlos, apíñenlas, apíñense
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