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Catalan
Etymology
From avellana (“hazelnut”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
Noun
avellanar m (plural avellanars)
- hazelnut grove
- Synonym: avellaneda
Further reading
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /abeʝaˈnaɾ/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /abeʎaˈnaɾ/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /abeʃaˈnaɾ/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /abeʒaˈnaɾ/
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧ve‧lla‧nar
Etymology 1
From avellana + -ar (“place where something is grown”).
Noun
avellanar m (plural avellanares)
- hazelnut grove
- Synonym: avellaneda
Etymology 2
Verb
avellanar (first-person singular present avellano, first-person singular preterite avellané, past participle avellanado)
- (technical) to countersink (create such a conical recess, a countersink)
- (pronominal) to get wrinkly and old
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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