aruñar

Spanish

Etymology

From arañar (“to scratch”). Influenced by uña (“fingernail”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aɾuˈɲaɾ/
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: a‧ru‧ñar

Verb

aruñar (first-person singular present aruño, first-person singular preterite aruñé, past participle aruñado)

Alternative form of arañar (“to scratch”) (sometimes with a nail)

Usage notes

While aruñar and arañar are generally considered synonyms and can be used interchangeably, aruñar is sometimes used to specifically mean scratching with a nail.

Conjugation

Conjugation of aruñar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			aruñar
gerund			aruñando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aruñado		aruñada
		plural		aruñados		aruñadas
		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	aruño	aruñas^{^tú} aruñás^{^vos}	aruña	aruñamos	aruñáis	aruñan
	imperfect	aruñaba	aruñabas	aruñaba	aruñábamos	aruñabais	aruñaban
	preterite	aruñé	aruñaste	aruñó	aruñamos	aruñasteis	aruñaron
	future	aruñaré	aruñarás	aruñará	aruñaremos	aruñaréis	aruñarán
	conditional	aruñaría	aruñarías	aruñaría	aruñaríamos	aruñaríais	aruñarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aruñe	aruñes^{^tú} aruñés^{^vos²}	aruñe	aruñemos	aruñéis	aruñen
	imperfect (ra)	aruñara	aruñaras	aruñara	aruñáramos	aruñarais	aruñaran
	imperfect (se)	aruñase	aruñases	aruñase	aruñásemos	aruñaseis	aruñasen
	future¹	aruñare	aruñares	aruñare	aruñáremos	aruñareis	aruñaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aruña^{^tú} aruñá^{^vos}	aruñe	aruñemos	aruñad	aruñen
	negative		no aruñes	no aruñe	no aruñemos	no aruñéis	no aruñen

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

Selected combined forms of aruñar

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 aruñar	dative	aruñarme	aruñarte	aruñarle, aruñarse	aruñarnos	aruñaros	aruñarles, aruñarse
with infinitive aruñar	accusative	aruñarme	aruñarte	aruñarlo, aruñarla, aruñarse	aruñarnos	aruñaros	aruñarlos, aruñarlas, aruñarse

with gerund aruñando	dative	aruñándome	aruñándote	aruñándole, aruñándose	aruñándonos	aruñándoos	aruñándoles, aruñándose
with gerund aruñando	accusative	aruñándome	aruñándote	aruñándolo, aruñándola, aruñándose	aruñándonos	aruñándoos	aruñándolos, aruñándolas, aruñándose

with informal second-person singular tú imperative aruña	dative	arúñame	arúñate	arúñale	arúñanos	not used	arúñales
with informal second-person singular tú imperative aruña	accusative	arúñame	arúñate	arúñalo, arúñala	arúñanos	not used	arúñalos, arúñalas

with informal second-person singular vos imperative aruñá	dative	aruñame	aruñate	aruñale	aruñanos	not used	aruñales
with informal second-person singular vos imperative aruñá	accusative	aruñame	aruñate	aruñalo, aruñala	aruñanos	not used	aruñalos, aruñalas

with formal second-person singular imperative aruñe	dative	arúñeme	not used	arúñele, arúñese	arúñenos	not used	arúñeles
with formal second-person singular imperative aruñe	accusative	arúñeme	not used	arúñelo, arúñela, arúñese	arúñenos	not used	arúñelos, arúñelas

with first-person plural imperative aruñemos	dative	not used	aruñémoste	aruñémosle	aruñémonos	aruñémoos	aruñémosles
with first-person plural imperative aruñemos	accusative	not used	aruñémoste	aruñémoslo, aruñémosla	aruñémonos	aruñémoos	aruñémoslos, aruñémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative aruñad	dative	aruñadme	not used	aruñadle	aruñadnos	aruñaos	aruñadles
with informal second-person plural imperative aruñad	accusative	aruñadme	not used	aruñadlo, aruñadla	aruñadnos	aruñaos	aruñadlos, aruñadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative aruñen	dative	arúñenme	not used	arúñenle	arúñennos	not used	arúñenles, arúñense
with formal second-person plural imperative aruñen	accusative	arúñenme	not used	arúñenlo, arúñenla	arúñennos	not used	arúñenlos, arúñenlas, arúñense

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