afinar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
afinar (first-person singular present afino, first-person singular preterite afiní, past participle afinat)
- (transitive) to refine
- (transitive) to tune (to modify a musical instrument)
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to approach
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of afinar (first conjugation)
infinitive | afinar | ||||||
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gerund | afinant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | afinat | afinada | |||||
plural | afinats | afinades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | afino | afines | afina | afinem | afineu | afinen | |
imperfect | afinava | afinaves | afinava | afinàvem | afinàveu | afinaven | |
future | afinaré | afinaràs | afinarà | afinarem | afinareu | afinaran | |
preterite | afiní | afinares | afinà | afinàrem | afinàreu | afinaren | |
conditional | afinaria | afinaries | afinaria | afinaríem | afinaríeu | afinarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | afini | afinis | afini | afinem | afineu | afinin | |
imperfect | afinés | afinessis | afinés | afinéssim | afinéssiu | afinessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | afina | afini | afinem | afineu | afinin | |
negative (no) | — | no afinis | no afini | no afinem | no afineu | no afinin |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “afinar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “afinar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “afinar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “afinar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician edit
Verb edit
afinar (first-person singular present afino, first-person singular preterite afinei, past participle afinado)
- (transitive) to refine
- (transitive) to tune (to modify a musical instrument)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of afinar
Reintegrated conjugation of afinar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
1Less recommended.
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “afinar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Ladino edit
Verb edit
afinar (Latin spelling)
- to let (someone) starve
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From a- + fino + -ar, influenced by French affiner.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
afinar (first-person singular present afino, first-person singular preterite afinei, past participle afinado)
- (transitive) to thin (to make thinner)
- Synonym: adelgaçar
- (intransitive) to thin (to become thinner)
- Synonym: adelgaçar
- (music) to tune (to modify a musical instrument)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of afinar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ “afinar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
Further reading edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From fino. Compare archaic English affine (“to refine”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
afinar (first-person singular present afino, first-person singular preterite afiné, past participle afinado)
- (transitive) to refine, to fine-tune
- (transitive) to tune (to modify a musical instrument)
- Synonym: entonar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of afinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | afinar | ||||||
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gerund | afinando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | afinado | afinada | |||||
plural | afinados | afinadas | |||||
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 | afino | afinastú afinásvos |
afina | afinamos | afináis | afinan | |
imperfect | afinaba | afinabas | afinaba | afinábamos | afinabais | afinaban | |
preterite | afiné | afinaste | afinó | afinamos | afinasteis | afinaron | |
future | afinaré | afinarás | afinará | afinaremos | afinaréis | afinarán | |
conditional | afinaría | afinarías | afinaría | afinaríamos | afinaríais | afinarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | afine | afinestú afinésvos2 |
afine | afinemos | afinéis | afinen | |
imperfect (ra) |
afinara | afinaras | afinara | afináramos | afinarais | afinaran | |
imperfect (se) |
afinase | afinases | afinase | afinásemos | afinaseis | afinasen | |
future1 | afinare | afinares | afinare | afináremos | afinareis | afinaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | afinatú afinávos |
afine | afinemos | afinad | afinen | ||
negative | no afines | no afine | no afinemos | no afinéis | no afinen |
Selected combined forms of afinar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “afinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014