abañar

See also: abanar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *advannāre (“grade seeds with a sieve”), from Latin ad- + vannare (“winnow, fan”). Doublet of abanar, which was borrowed from Galician or Portuguese.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaˈɲaɾ/ [a.β̞aˈɲaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧ñar

Verb

abañar (first-person singular present abaño, first-person singular preterite abañé, past participle abañado)

1. to sift

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abañar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			abañar
gerund			abañando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abañado		abañada
		plural		abañados		abañadas
		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	abaño	abañastú abañásvos	abaña	abañamos	abañáis	abañan
	imperfect	abañaba	abañabas	abañaba	abañábamos	abañabais	abañaban
	preterite	abañé	abañaste	abañó	abañamos	abañasteis	abañaron
	future	abañaré	abañarás	abañará	abañaremos	abañaréis	abañarán
	conditional	abañaría	abañarías	abañaría	abañaríamos	abañaríais	abañarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abañe	abañestú abañésvos2	abañe	abañemos	abañéis	abañen
	imperfect (ra)	abañara	abañaras	abañara	abañáramos	abañarais	abañaran
	imperfect (se)	abañase	abañases	abañase	abañásemos	abañaseis	abañasen
	future1	abañare	abañares	abañare	abañáremos	abañareis	abañaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		abañatú abañávos	abañe	abañemos	abañad	abañen
	negative		no abañes	no abañe	no abañemos	no abañéis	no abañen

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