anihilar

Catalan

Alternative forms

• aniquilar

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin annihilare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.ni.iˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [a.ni.iˈlaɾ]

Verb

anihilar (first-person singular present anihilo, first-person singular preterite anihilí, past participle anihilat)

1. (transitive) to annihilate, destroy utterly

Conjugation

    Conjugation of anihilar (first conjugation)

infinitive			anihilar
gerund			anihilant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		anihilat		anihilada
		plural		anihilats		anihilades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	anihilo	anihiles	anihila	anihilem	anihileu	anihilen
	imperfect	anihilava	anihilaves	anihilava	anihilàvem	anihilàveu	anihilaven
	future	anihilaré	anihilaràs	anihilarà	anihilarem	anihilareu	anihilaran
	preterite	anihilí	anihilares	anihilà	anihilàrem	anihilàreu	anihilaren
	conditional	anihilaria	anihilaries	anihilaria	anihilaríem	anihilaríeu	anihilarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	anihili	anihilis	anihili	anihilem	anihileu	anihilin
	imperfect	anihilés	anihilessis	anihilés	anihiléssim	anihiléssiu	anihilessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	anihila	anihili	anihilem	anihileu	anihilin
	negative (no)	—	no anihilis	no anihili	no anihilem	no anihileu	no anihilin

Related terms

• anihilació
• nihilisme

Further reading

• “anihilar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aniiˈlaɾ/ [a.ni.iˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ni‧hi‧lar

Verb

anihilar (first-person singular present anihilo, first-person singular preterite anihilé, past participle anihilado)

1. Rare form of aniquilar.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of anihilar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			anihilar
gerund			anihilando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		anihilado		anihilada
		plural		anihilados		anihiladas
		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	anihilo	anihilastú anihilásvos	anihila	anihilamos	anihiláis	anihilan
	imperfect	anihilaba	anihilabas	anihilaba	anihilábamos	anihilabais	anihilaban
	preterite	anihilé	anihilaste	anihiló	anihilamos	anihilasteis	anihilaron
	future	anihilaré	anihilarás	anihilará	anihilaremos	anihilaréis	anihilarán
	conditional	anihilaría	anihilarías	anihilaría	anihilaríamos	anihilaríais	anihilarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	anihile	anihilestú anihilésvos2	anihile	anihilemos	anihiléis	anihilen
	imperfect (ra)	anihilara	anihilaras	anihilara	anihiláramos	anihilarais	anihilaran
	imperfect (se)	anihilase	anihilases	anihilase	anihilásemos	anihilaseis	anihilasen
	future1	anihilare	anihilares	anihilare	anihiláremos	anihilareis	anihilaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		anihilatú anihilávos	anihile	anihilemos	anihilad	anihilen
	negative		no anihiles	no anihile	no anihilemos	no anihiléis	no anihilen

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

Further reading

• “anihilar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014