achantar

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese achantar (used by the Galician author Pero da Ponte, 13th century). By surface analysis, a- +‎ chantar (“to plant, fix in place”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at͡ʃanˈtaɾ/ [a̠.t͡ʃan̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧chan‧tar

Verb

achantar (first-person singular present achanto, first-person singular preterite achantei, past participle achantado)

1. (transitive) to plant
2. (transitive) to plant, insert, fix in place
3. (intransitive) to stay, remain in place
4. (intransitive) to hide, dissimulate, shut up
5. (pronominal) to bear, endure, put up with

   Synonym: aturar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of achantar

	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	achantar
Personal	achantar	achantares	achantar	achantarmos	achantardes	achantaren
Gerund
	achantando
Past participle
Masculine	achantado			achantados
Feminine	achantada			achantadas
Indicative
Present	achanto	achantas	achanta	achantamos	achantades	achantan
Imperfect	achantaba	achantabas	achantaba	achantabamos	achantabades	achantaban
Preterite	achantei	achantaches	achantou	achantamos	achantastes	achantaron
Pluperfect	achantara	achantaras	achantara	achantaramos	achantarades	achantaran
Future	achantarei	achantarás	achantará	achantaremos	achantaredes	achantarán
Conditional	achantaría	achantarías	achantaría	achantariamos	achantariades	achantarían
Subjunctive
Present	achante	achantes	achante	achantemos	achantedes	achanten
Imperfect	achantase	achantases	achantase	achantásemos	achantásedes	achantasen
Future	achantar	achantares	achantar	achantarmos	achantardes	achantaren
Imperative
Affirmative		achanta	achante	achantemos	achantade	achanten
Negative (non)		non achantes	non achante	non achantemos	non achantedes	non achanten

    Reintegrated conjugation of achantar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	achantar
Personal	achantar	achantares	achantar	achantarmos	achantardes	achantarem
Gerund
	achantando
Past participle
Masculine	achantado			achantados
Feminine	achantada			achantadas
Indicative
Present	achanto	achantas	achanta	achantamos	achantades, achantais	achantam
Imperfect	achantava	achantavas	achantava	achantávamos	achantávades, achantáveis, achantávais1	achantavam
Preterite	achantei	achantaste, achantache1	achantou	achantamos	achantastes	achantárom, achantaram
Pluperfect	achantara	achantaras	achantara	achantáramos	achantárades, achantáreis, achantárais1	achantaram
Future	achantarei	achantarás	achantará	achantaremos	achantaredes, achantareis	achantarám, achantarão
Conditional	achantaria	achantarias	achantaria	achantaríamos	achantaríades, achantaríeis, achantaríais1	achantariam
Subjunctive
Present	achante	achantes	achante	achantemos	achantedes, achanteis	achantem
Imperfect	achantasse	achantasses	achantasse	achantássemos	achantássedes, achantásseis	achantassem
Future	achantar	achantares	achantar	achantarmos	achantardes	achantarem
Imperative
Affirmative		achanta	achante	achantemos	achantade, achantai	achantem
Negative (nom)		nom achantes	nom achante	nom achantemos	nom achantedes, nom achanteis	nom achantem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• chantar
• chanto

Descendants

• → Spanish: achantar

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “achantar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “achant”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “achantar”, 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), “achantar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “achantar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “achantar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

achantar

1. to plant
2. to hammer, to stick, to drive

Conjugation

    Conjugation of achantar

infinitive		simple		achantar
		compound		infinitive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
gerund		simple		achantando
		compound		gerund of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		achantado		achantados
		feminine		achantada		achantadas
present participle				achantante		achantantes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	achanto	achantas	achanta	achantamos	achantades	achantan
	imperfect	achantava	achantavas	achantava	achantavamos, achantávamos	achantavades, achantávades	achantavan
	preterite	achantei	achantaste, achantasche, achantache	achantou	achantamos	achantastes	achantaron
	pluperfect	achantara	achantaras	achantara	achantaramos, achantáramos	achantarades, achantárades	achantaran
	future	achantarei	achantarás	achantará	achantaremos	achantaredes	achantarán
	conditional	achantaria	achantarias	achantaria	achantariamos, achantaríamos	achantariades, achantaríades	achantarian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	present imperfect	imperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	pluperfect	simple pluperfect of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	achante	achantes	achante	achantemos	achantedes	achanten
	preterite	achantasse	achantasses	achantasse	achantassemos, achantássemos	achantassedes, achantássedes	achantassen
	future	achantar	achantares	achantar	achantarmos	achantardes	achantaren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	pluperfect	preterite subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver1 or tẽer2 + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	achanta	achante	achantemos	achantade	—
negative		—	non achantes	non achante	non achantemos	non achantedes	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
		achantar	achantares	achantar	achantarmos	achantardes	achantaren
1 Its alternative spelling, aver, can be used as well. 2 teer and ter were used too, though all 3 were less common than forms of "haver".

Descendants

• Galician: achantar
  • → Spanish: achantar

Further reading

• Universo Cantigas - "achantar"

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician achantar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at͡ʃanˈtaɾ/ [a.t͡ʃãn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧chan‧tar

Verb

achantar (first-person singular present achanto, first-person singular preterite achanté, past participle achantado)

1. (colloquial, transitive) to scare, to put off

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:asustar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of achantar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			achantar
gerund			achantando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		achantado		achantada
		plural		achantados		achantadas
		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	achanto	achantastú achantásvos	achanta	achantamos	achantáis	achantan
	imperfect	achantaba	achantabas	achantaba	achantábamos	achantabais	achantaban
	preterite	achanté	achantaste	achantó	achantamos	achantasteis	achantaron
	future	achantaré	achantarás	achantará	achantaremos	achantaréis	achantarán
	conditional	achantaría	achantarías	achantaría	achantaríamos	achantaríais	achantarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	achante	achantestú achantésvos2	achante	achantemos	achantéis	achanten
	imperfect (ra)	achantara	achantaras	achantara	achantáramos	achantarais	achantaran
	imperfect (se)	achantase	achantases	achantase	achantásemos	achantaseis	achantasen
	future1	achantare	achantares	achantare	achantáremos	achantareis	achantaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		achantatú achantávos	achante	achantemos	achantad	achanten
	negative		no achantes	no achante	no achantemos	no achantéis	no achanten

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

Further reading

• “achantar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10