afinar
Appearance
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)
- (pronominal) 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]Pronunciation
[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 (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
- “afinar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
Ladino
[edit]Verb
[edit]afinar (Latin spelling)
- to let (someone) starve
Occitan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]afinar
Conjugation
[edit]simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | afinar | aver afinat | |||||
gerund | afinant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | afinat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | afini | afinas | afina | afinam | afinatz | afinan | |
imperfect | afinavi | afinavas | afinava | afinàvem | afinàvetz | afinavan | |
preterite | afinèri | afinères | afinèt | afinèrem | afinèretz | afinèron | |
future | afinarai | afinaràs | afinarà | afinarem | afinaretz | afinaràn | |
conditional | afinariái | afinariás | afinariá | afinariam | afinariatz | afinarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | afinèra | afinèras | afinèra | afineram | afineratz | afinèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | afine | afines | afine | afinem | afinetz | afinen | |
imperfect | afinèssi | afinèsses | afinèsse | afinèssem | afinèssetz | afinèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
afina | afinem | afinatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | afinar | aver afinat | |||||
gerund | afinant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | afinat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | afine | afines | afina | afinam | afinatz | afinon | |
imperfect | afinave | afinaves | afinava | afinaviam | afinaviatz | afinavon | |
preterite | afinere | afineres | afinet | afinem | afinetz | afineron | |
future | afinarai | afinaràs | afinará | afinarem | afinaretz | afinarán | |
conditional | afinariá | afinariás | afinariá | afinariam | afinariatz | afinarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | afinèra | afinèras | afinèra | afineram | afineratz | afinèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | afine | afines | afine | afinassiam | afinassiatz | afinon | |
imperfect | afinesse | afinesses | afinesse | afinessiam | afinessiatz | afinesson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
afina | afinassiam | afinatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | afinar | aver afinat | |||||
gerund | afinant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | afinat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | afini | afinas | afina | afinam | afinatz | afinan | |
imperfect | afinavi | afinavas | afinava | afinàvam | afinàvatz | afinavan | |
preterite | afinèi | afinès | afinè | afinèm | afinètz | afinèn | |
future | afinarèi | afinaràs | afinarà | afinaram | afinaratz | afinaràn | |
conditional | afinarí | afinarés | afinaré | afinarem | afinaretz | afinarén | |
conditional 2nd form1 | afinèra | afinèras | afinèra | afineram | afineratz | afinèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | afini | afines | afine | afinem | afinetz | afinen | |
imperfect | afinèssi | afinèsses | afinèsse | afinèssem | afinèssetz | afinèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
afina | afinem | afinatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | afinar | aver afinat | |||||
gerund | afinant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | afinat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | afine | afinas | afina | afinam | afinatz | afinan | |
imperfect | afinava | afinavas | afinava | afinàvam | afinàvatz | afinavan | |
preterite | afinei | afineras | afinet | afinèram | afinèratz | afineran | |
future | afinarai | afinaràs | afinará | afinarem | afinaretz | afinarán | |
conditional | afinariá | afinariàs | afinariá | afinariam | afinariatz | afinarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | afinèra | afinèras | afinèra | afineram | afineratz | afinèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | afine | afines | afine | afinem | afinetz | afinen | |
imperfect | afinèsse | afinèsses | afinèsse | afinèssem | afinèssetz | afinèssen | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
afina | afinem | afinatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | afinar | aver afinat | |||||
gerund | afinant | use gerund of aver + past participle | |||||
past participle | afinat | — | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | afine | afines | afina | afinam | afinatz | afinan | |
imperfect | afinavi | afinavas | afinava | afinàvem | afinàvetz | afinavan | |
preterite | afinère | afinères | afinèt | afineriam | afineriatz | afinèron | |
future | afinarai | afinaràs | afinarà | afinarem | afinaretz | afinaràn | |
conditional | afinariáu | afinariás | afinariá | afinariam | afinariatz | afinarián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | afinèra | afinèras | afinèra | afineram | afineratz | afinèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of aver + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | afine | afines | afine | afinem | afinetz | afinan | |
imperfect | afinèsse | afinèsses | afinèsse | afinessiam | afinessiatz | afinèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
afina | afinem | afinatz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects | ||||
References
[edit]- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 28.
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]Descendants
[edit]- Macanese: afinâ
References
[edit]- ^ “afinar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
Further reading
[edit]- “afinar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “afinar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “afinar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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