plañir

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin plangere (compare Italian piangere, French plaindre, Portuguese planger and Romanian plânge).

Perhaps a semi-learned form; cf. also an old Spanish llañer (having expected phonetic development) with attested forms llangamos and llangan [1][2][3][4] as well as plañer, which was modified with a conjugation change into the current form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /plaˈɲiɾ/
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: pla‧ñir

Verb

plañir (first-person singular present plaño, first-person singular preterite plañí, past participle plañido)

  1. (intransitive) to cry and groan

Conjugation

    Conjugation of plañir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive plañir
gerund plañendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular plañido plañida
plural plañidos plañidas
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 plaño plañestú
plañísvos 		plañe plañimos plañís plañen
imperfect plañía plañías plañía plañíamos plañíais plañían
preterite plañí plañiste plañó plañimos plañisteis plañeron
future plañiré plañirás plañirá plañiremos plañiréis plañirán
conditional plañiría plañirías plañiría plañiríamos plañiríais plañirían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present plaña plañastú
plañásvos2 		plaña plañamos plañáis plañan
imperfect
(ra) 		plañera plañeras plañera plañéramos plañerais plañeran
imperfect
(se) 		plañese plañeses plañese plañésemos plañeseis plañesen
future1 plañere plañeres plañere plañéremos plañereis plañeren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative plañetú
plañívos 		plaña plañamos plañid plañan
negative no plañas no plaña no plañamos no plañáis no plañan

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

    Selected combined forms of plañir

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 plañir
dative plañirme plañirte plañirle, plañirse plañirnos plañiros plañirles, plañirse
accusative plañirme plañirte plañirlo, plañirla, plañirse plañirnos plañiros plañirlos, plañirlas, plañirse
with gerund plañendo
dative plañéndome plañéndote plañéndole, plañéndose plañéndonos plañéndoos plañéndoles, plañéndose
accusative plañéndome plañéndote plañéndolo, plañéndola, plañéndose plañéndonos plañéndoos plañéndolos, plañéndolas, plañéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative plañe
dative pláñeme pláñete pláñele pláñenos not used pláñeles
accusative pláñeme pláñete pláñelo, pláñela pláñenos not used pláñelos, pláñelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative plañí
dative plañime plañite plañile plañinos not used plañiles
accusative plañime plañite plañilo, plañila plañinos not used plañilos, plañilas
with formal second-person singular imperative plaña
dative pláñame not used pláñale, pláñase pláñanos not used pláñales
accusative pláñame not used pláñalo, pláñala, pláñase pláñanos not used pláñalos, pláñalas
with first-person plural imperative plañamos
dative not used plañámoste plañámosle plañámonos plañámoos plañámosles
accusative not used plañámoste plañámoslo, plañámosla plañámonos plañámoos plañámoslos, plañámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative plañid
dative plañidme not used plañidle plañidnos plañíos plañidles
accusative plañidme not used plañidlo, plañidla plañidnos plañíos plañidlos, plañidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative plañan
dative pláñanme not used pláñanle pláñannos not used pláñanles, pláñanse
accusative pláñanme not used pláñanlo, pláñanla pláñannos not used pláñanlos, pláñanlas, pláñanse

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ https://rc.library.uta.edu/uta-ir/bitstream/handle/10106/29604/Velar%20insert%20BHS_post-print.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
  2. ^ https://etd.ohiolink.edu/rws_etd/document/get/osu1275060463/inline
  3. ^ http://www.hispanicseminary.org/t&c/bib/ge/c1254.htm
  4. ^ https://books.google.com/books?id=_QkNAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA415&lpg=PA415&dq=lla%C3%B1er&source=bl&ots=yEWC-0vZ02&sig=ACfU3U0gMSCUKKkhlhLGreAszgp2bOT36g&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjg7v3L4ejwAhU5F1kFHRkrBvYQ6AEwCXoECAkQAw#v=onepage&q=lla%C3%B1er&f=false

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