tañer

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See also: taner and Taner

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin tangere, tangō, from Proto-Italic *tangō, nasal infix present from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-. Doublet of tangir, a learned borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈɲeɾ/
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: ta‧ñer

Verb

tañer (first-person singular present taño, first-person singular preterite tañí, past participle tañido)

  1. to play (an instrument)
  2. to ring (a bell)
    • (Can we date this quote?), Chavela Vargas, La noche de mi amor:
      Quiero la alegría de un barco volviendo / Y mil campanas de gloria tañendo / Para brindar la noche de mi amor
      I want the joy of a boat returning / And one thousand bells of glory ringing / To toast the night of my love
  3. to strum
    Synonym: rasguear
  4. (obsolete, archaic) to touch
    Synonym: tocar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tañer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive tañer
gerund tañendo
past participle masculine feminine
singular tañido tañida
plural tañidos tañidas
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 taño tañestú
tañésvos 		tañe tañemos tañéis tañen
imperfect tañía tañías tañía tañíamos tañíais tañían
preterite tañí tañiste tañó tañimos tañisteis tañeron
future tañeré tañerás tañerá tañeremos tañeréis tañerán
conditional tañería tañerías tañería tañeríamos tañeríais tañerían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present taña tañastú
tañásvos2 		taña tañamos tañáis tañan
imperfect
(ra) 		tañera tañeras tañera tañéramos tañerais tañeran
imperfect
(se) 		tañese tañeses tañese tañésemos tañeseis tañesen
future1 tañere tañeres tañere tañéremos tañereis tañeren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative tañetú
tañévos 		taña tañamos tañed tañan
negative no tañas no taña no tañamos no tañáis no tañan

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

    Selected combined forms of tañer

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 tañer dative tañerme tañerte tañerle, tañerse tañernos tañeros tañerles, tañerse
accusative tañerme tañerte tañerlo, tañerla, tañerse tañernos tañeros tañerlos, tañerlas, tañerse
with gerund tañendo dative tañéndome tañéndote tañéndole, tañéndose tañéndonos tañéndoos tañéndoles, tañéndose
accusative tañéndome tañéndote tañéndolo, tañéndola, tañéndose tañéndonos tañéndoos tañéndolos, tañéndolas, tañéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tañe dative táñeme táñete táñele táñenos not used táñeles
accusative táñeme táñete táñelo, táñela táñenos not used táñelos, táñelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tañé dative tañeme tañete tañele tañenos not used tañeles
accusative tañeme tañete tañelo, tañela tañenos not used tañelos, tañelas
with formal second-person singular imperative taña dative táñame not used táñale, táñase táñanos not used táñales
accusative táñame not used táñalo, táñala, táñase táñanos not used táñalos, táñalas
with first-person plural imperative tañamos dative not used tañámoste tañámosle tañámonos tañámoos tañámosles
accusative not used tañámoste tañámoslo, tañámosla tañámonos tañámoos tañámoslos, tañámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative tañed dative tañedme not used tañedle tañednos tañeos tañedles
accusative tañedme not used tañedlo, tañedla tañednos tañeos tañedlos, tañedlas
with formal second-person plural imperative tañan dative táñanme not used táñanle táñannos not used táñanles, táñanse
accusative táñanme not used táñanlo, táñanla táñannos not used táñanlos, táñanlas, táñanse

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