heñir

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Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish *fennir, from Latin fingere, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to mold”). See also the borrowed doublet fingir.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /eˈɲiɾ/
Rhymes: -iɾ
Syllabification: he‧ñir

Verb

heñir (first-person singular present hiño, first-person singular preterite heñí, past participle heñido)

to knead
Synonyms: sobar, amasar

Conjugation

Conjugation of heñir (e-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			heñir
gerund			hiñendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		heñido		heñida
		plural		heñidos		heñidas
		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	hiño	hiñes^{^tú} heñís^{^vos}	hiñe	heñimos	heñís	hiñen
	imperfect	heñía	heñías	heñía	heñíamos	heñíais	heñían
	preterite	heñí	heñiste	hiñó	heñimos	heñisteis	hiñeron
	future	heñiré	heñirás	heñirá	heñiremos	heñiréis	heñirán
	conditional	heñiría	heñirías	heñiría	heñiríamos	heñiríais	heñirían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	hiña	hiñas^{^tú} hiñás^{^vos²}	hiña	hiñamos	hiñáis	hiñan
	imperfect (ra)	hiñera	hiñeras	hiñera	hiñéramos	hiñerais	hiñeran
	imperfect (se)	hiñese	hiñeses	hiñese	hiñésemos	hiñeseis	hiñesen
	future¹	hiñere	hiñeres	hiñere	hiñéremos	hiñereis	hiñeren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		hiñe^{^tú} heñí^{^vos}	hiña	hiñamos	heñid	hiñan
	negative		no hiñas	no hiña	no hiñamos	no hiñáis	no hiñan

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

Further reading

“heñir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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