apiñar

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

Conjugation of apiñar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			apiñar
gerund			apiñando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		apiñado		apiñada
		plural		apiñados		apiñadas
		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	apiño	apiñas^{^tú} apiñás^{^vos}	apiña	apiñamos	apiñáis	apiñan
	imperfect	apiñaba	apiñabas	apiñaba	apiñábamos	apiñabais	apiñaban
	preterite	apiñé	apiñaste	apiñó	apiñamos	apiñasteis	apiñaron
	future	apiñaré	apiñarás	apiñará	apiñaremos	apiñaréis	apiñarán
	conditional	apiñaría	apiñarías	apiñaría	apiñaríamos	apiñaríais	apiñarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	apiñe	apiñes^{^tú} apiñés^{^vos²}	apiñe	apiñemos	apiñéis	apiñen
	imperfect (ra)	apiñara	apiñaras	apiñara	apiñáramos	apiñarais	apiñaran
	imperfect (se)	apiñase	apiñases	apiñase	apiñásemos	apiñaseis	apiñasen
	future¹	apiñare	apiñares	apiñare	apiñáremos	apiñareis	apiñaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		apiña^{^tú} apiñá^{^vos}	apiñe	apiñemos	apiñad	apiñen
	negative		no apiñes	no apiñe	no apiñemos	no apiñéis	no apiñen

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.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive apiñar	dative	apiñarme	apiñarte	apiñarle, apiñarse	apiñarnos	apiñaros	apiñarles, apiñarse
with infinitive apiñar	accusative	apiñarme	apiñarte	apiñarlo, apiñarla, apiñarse	apiñarnos	apiñaros	apiñarlos, apiñarlas, apiñarse

with gerund apiñando	dative	apiñándome	apiñándote	apiñándole, apiñándose	apiñándonos	apiñándoos	apiñándoles, apiñándose
with gerund apiñando	accusative	apiñándome	apiñándote	apiñándolo, apiñándola, apiñándose	apiñándonos	apiñándoos	apiñándolos, apiñándolas, apiñándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative apiña	dative	apíñame	apíñate	apíñale	apíñanos	not used	apíñales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative apiña	accusative	apíñame	apíñate	apíñalo, apíñala	apíñanos	not used	apíñalos, apíñalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative apiñá	dative	apiñame	apiñate	apiñale	apiñanos	not used	apiñales
with informal second-person singular vos imperative apiñá	accusative	apiñame	apiñate	apiñalo, apiñala	apiñanos	not used	apiñalos, apiñalas

with formal second-person singular imperative apiñe	dative	apíñeme	not used	apíñele, apíñese	apíñenos	not used	apíñeles
with formal second-person singular imperative apiñe	accusative	apíñeme	not used	apíñelo, apíñela, apíñese	apíñenos	not used	apíñelos, apíñelas

with first-person plural imperative apiñemos	dative	not used	apiñémoste	apiñémosle	apiñémonos	apiñémoos	apiñémosles
with first-person plural imperative apiñemos	accusative	not used	apiñémoste	apiñémoslo, apiñémosla	apiñémonos	apiñémoos	apiñémoslos, apiñémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative apiñad	dative	apiñadme	not used	apiñadle	apiñadnos	apiñaos	apiñadles
with informal second-person plural imperative apiñad	accusative	apiñadme	not used	apiñadlo, apiñadla	apiñadnos	apiñaos	apiñadlos, apiñadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative apiñen	dative	apíñenme	not used	apíñenle	apíñennos	not used	apíñenles, apíñense
with formal second-person plural imperative apiñen	accusative	apíñenme	not used	apíñenlo, apíñenla	apíñennos	not used	apíñenlos, apíñenlas, apíñense

Derived terms

apiñamiento

apiñar

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