acañar

Galician

Alternative forms

• acanhar (Reintegrationist)

Etymology

Perhaps a derivative of Latin canis (“dog”) (compare Occitan canha, "bitch"). Cognate with Portuguese acanhar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /akaˈɲaɾ/ [ɑ.kɑˈɲaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧ca‧ñar

Verb

acañar (first-person singular present acaño, first-person singular preterite acañei, past participle acañado)

1. (transitive) to catch someone who is fleeing
2. (transitive, figurative) to oppress

   Synonyms: asoballar, esmagar, oprimir

   • 1845, Vicente Turnes, Diálogo entre Silvestre Cajaraville e Domingo Magariños:

     Todos temos, meu amigo,
     De esa mesma lan un sayo,
     E nunca vin esta terra
     Tan acañada de cartos:
     Aféllas que ja coidei
     Que tamen vos dera o frato
     De camiñar entre os mozos
     Que ja pra Cáis embarcaron

     all of we have, my friend,
     of that same wool a robe,
     and have never seen this country
     so deprived of money:
     In good faith I thought
     that you also had the attack
     of walking among the young ones
     that embarked for Cadiz

3. (transitive, figurative) to humiliate, embarrass

   Synonyms: asoballar, vexar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of acañar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	acañar
Personal	acañar	acañares	acañar	acañarmos	acañardes	acañaren
Gerund
	acañando
Past participle
Masculine	acañado			acañados
Feminine	acañada			acañadas
Indicative
Present	acaño	acañas	acaña	acañamos	acañades	acañan
Imperfect	acañaba	acañabas	acañaba	acañabamos	acañabades	acañaban
Preterite	acañei	acañaches	acañou	acañamos	acañastes	acañaron
Pluperfect	acañara	acañaras	acañara	acañaramos	acañarades	acañaran
Future	acañarei	acañarás	acañará	acañaremos	acañaredes	acañarán
Conditional	acañaría	acañarías	acañaría	acañariamos	acañariades	acañarían
Subjunctive
Present	acañe	acañes	acañe	acañemos	acañedes	acañen
Imperfect	acañase	acañases	acañase	acañásemos	acañásedes	acañasen
Future	acañar	acañares	acañar	acañarmos	acañardes	acañaren
Imperative
Affirmative		acaña	acañe	acañemos	acañade	acañen
Negative (non)		non acañes	non acañe	non acañemos	non acañedes	non acañen

Derived terms

• acañado

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “acañar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “acañar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “acañar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN