achanar

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese achãar, from Late Latin applānāre (“to flatten”), from plānus. Doublet of aplanar.

Compare Galician achaiar and Spanish allanar. By surface analysis, a- +‎ chão +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʃaˈna(ʁ)/ [a.ʃaˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʃaˈna(ʁ)/ [a.ʃaˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.ʃaˈna(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.ʃaˈna(ʁ)/ [a.ʃaˈna(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.ʃaˈna(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʃɐˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʃɐˈnaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.t͡ʃɐˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.ʃɐˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧cha‧nar

Verb

achanar (first-person singular present achano, first-person singular preterite achanei, past participle achanado)

1. to flatten

Conjugation

    Conjugation of achanar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	achanar
Personal	achanar	achanares	achanar	achanarmos	achanardes	achanarem
Gerund
	achanando
Past participle
Masculine	achanado			achanados
Feminine	achanada			achanadas
Indicative
Present	achano	achanas	achana	achanamos	achanais	achanam
Imperfect	achanava	achanavas	achanava	achanávamos	achanáveis	achanavam
Preterite	achanei	achanaste	achanou	achanamos1, achanámos2	achanastes	achanaram
Pluperfect	achanara	achanaras	achanara	achanáramos	achanáreis	achanaram
Future	achanarei	achanarás	achanará	achanaremos	achanareis	achanarão
Conditional	achanaria	achanarias	achanaria	achanaríamos	achanaríeis	achanariam
Subjunctive
Present	achane	achanes	achane	achanemos	achaneis	achanem
Imperfect	achanasse	achanasses	achanasse	achanássemos	achanásseis	achanassem
Future	achanar	achanares	achanar	achanarmos	achanardes	achanarem
Imperative
Affirmative		achana	achane	achanemos	achanai	achanem
Negative (não)		não achanes	não achane	não achanemos	não achaneis	não achanem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• aplanar