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Aragonese
Noun
año m (plural años)
- Alternative spelling of anyo (“year”)
References
Galician
Etymology
Attested since the 14th century. From Latin agnus.
Pronunciation
Noun
año m (plural años, feminine aña, feminine plural añas)
- lamb
- Synonyms: cordeiro, rexelo
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “año”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “año”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “año”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “año”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Nauruan
Etymology
From Pre-Nauruan *ono-u, from Proto-Micronesian *wono-ua, from Proto-Oceanic *onom, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *onəm, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ənəm, from Proto-Austronesian *ənəm.
Pronunciation
Numeral
año
- six
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish anno, from Latin annus (“a year”), from Proto-Italic *atnos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂et-no-, probably from *h₂et- (“to go”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaɲo/
- Rhymes: -aɲo
- Syllabification: a‧ño
Noun
año m (plural años)
- year
- Hypernyms: lustro, década, siglo, milenio
- Hyponyms: día, semana, mes
el año vigente- the current year
va para un año que no te veo- it's been a year since I saw you
con los años me cuesta cada vez más estar feliz- over the years I find it harder and harder to be happy
dentro de un par de años- in a couple of years' time
el mejor año de mi vida- the best year of my life
todos los años es igual- it's the same thing year on year
en sus años mozos- in her childhood years
- (a certain) age
Tengo veinte años.- I'm twenty .
Depende de los años que tenga.- It depends how old it is.
Usage notes
- To talk about someone's age, in Spanish the construction is tener X años (literally “have X years”). So, "I'm 18 (years old)" would be tengo 18 años. Similarly, "how are old are you?" would be ¿cuántos años tienes? (literally “how many years do you have?”).
- Do not confuse with ano (“anus”).
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