alunar

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• alunaru

Etymology

From alunã +‎ -ar. Compare the obsolete and popular variant for the month of July in Daco-Romanian, alunar.

Noun

alunar m

1. July

Synonyms

• iuliu
• curic

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.luˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.luˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.luˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧lu‧nar

Verb

alunar (first-person singular present aluno, first-person singular preterite alunei, past participle alunado)

1. to land on the moon

   Synonym: (Brazil) alunissar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of alunar (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	alunar
Personal	alunar	alunares	alunar	alunarmos	alunardes	alunarem
Gerund
	alunando
Past participle
Masculine	alunado			alunados
Feminine	alunada			alunadas
Indicative
Present	aluno	alunas	aluna	alunamos	alunais	alunam
Imperfect	alunava	alunavas	alunava	alunávamos	alunáveis	alunavam
Preterite	alunei	alunaste	alunou	alunamos1, alunámos2	alunastes	alunaram
Pluperfect	alunara	alunaras	alunara	alunáramos	alunáreis	alunaram
Future	alunarei	alunarás	alunará	alunaremos	alunareis	alunarão
Conditional	alunaria	alunarias	alunaria	alunaríamos	alunaríeis	alunariam
Subjunctive
Present	alune	alunes	alune	alunemos	aluneis	alunem
Imperfect	alunasse	alunasses	alunasse	alunássemos	alunásseis	alunassem
Future	alunar	alunares	alunar	alunarmos	alunardes	alunarem
Imperative
Affirmative		aluna	alune	alunemos	alunai	alunem
Negative (não)		não alunes	não alune	não alunemos	não aluneis	não alunem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Romanian

Etymology

From alună (“nut”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.luˈnar/

Noun

alunar m (plural alunari)

1. nut seller, nut vendor
2. nutcracker (bird), Eurasian nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes)
3. dormouse, hazel dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius)
4. (obsolete, popular/folk usage) July

Declension

Declension of alunar

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	alunar	alunarul		alunari	alunarii
genitive-dative	alunar	alunarului		alunari	alunarilor
vocative	alunarule			alunarilor

Synonyms

• (bird): gaiță-de-munte, nucar
• (rodent): pârș
• (July): iulie (standard/most common), cuptor (also a folk name)

Related terms

• alun
• alună
• alunea
• aluneasca
• alunele
• alunică
• aluniță
• aluniu

See also

• corvid
• gaiță
• rozător
• șoarece

References

• “alunar”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025