aruñar

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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)

  1. 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)
infinitive aruñar
gerund aruñando
past participle masculine feminine
singular aruñado aruñada
plural aruñados aruñadas
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 aruño aruñastú
aruñásvos 		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 aruñestú
aruñésvos2 		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 aruñatú
aruñávos 		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
accusative aruñarme aruñarte aruñarlo, aruñarla, aruñarse aruñarnos aruñaros aruñarlos, aruñarlas, aruñarse
with gerund aruñando
dative aruñándome aruñándote aruñándole, aruñándose aruñándonos aruñándoos aruñándoles, aruñándose
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
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
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
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
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
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
accusative arúñenme not used arúñenlo, arúñenla arúñennos not used arúñenlos, arúñenlas, arúñense

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