anhelar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anhēlāre (“pant, gasp; long for”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.nəˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.neˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
• Hyphenation: an‧he‧lar

Verb

anhelar (first-person singular present anhelo, first-person singular preterite anhelí, past participle anhelat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. to crave
2. to gasp
3. to pant

Conjugation

    Conjugation of anhelar (first conjugation)

infinitive			anhelar
gerund			anhelant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		anhelat		anhelada
		plural		anhelats		anhelades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	anhelo	anheles	anhela	anhelem	anheleu	anhelen
	imperfect	anhelava	anhelaves	anhelava	anhelàvem	anhelàveu	anhelaven
	future	anhelaré	anhelaràs	anhelarà	anhelarem	anhelareu	anhelaran
	preterite	anhelí	anhelares	anhelà	anhelàrem	anhelàreu	anhelaren
	conditional	anhelaria	anhelaries	anhelaria	anhelaríem	anhelaríeu	anhelarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	anheli	anhelis	anheli	anhelem	anheleu	anhelin
	imperfect	anhelés	anhelessis	anhelés	anheléssim	anheléssiu	anhelessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	anhela	anheli	anhelem	anheleu	anhelin
	negative (no)	—	no anhelis	no anheli	no anhelem	no anheleu	no anhelin

Derived terms

• anhel

Further reading

• “anhelar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “anhelar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “anhelar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French anhéler, Italian anelare, Spanish anhelar. Decision no. 1216, Progreso VII.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /an.heˈlar/

Verb

anhelar (present anhelas, past anhelis, future anhelos, conditional anhelus, imperative anhelez)

1. (intransitive) to pant, gasp for breath

Conjugation

    Conjugation of anhelar

		present		past		future
infinitive		anhelar		anhelir		anhelor
tense		anhelas		anhelis		anhelos
conditional		anhelus
imperative		anhelez
adjective active participle		anhelanta		anhelinta		anhelonta
adverbial active participle		anhelante		anhelinte		anhelonte
nominal active participle	singular	anhelanto		anhelinto		anhelonto
	plural	anhelanti		anhelinti		anhelonti

Derived terms

• anhelegar
• anheligar (“to put out of breath, to wind”)
• anhelo (“panting; anhelation”)

References

• Progreso III (in Ido), 1910–1911, page 323
• Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 106, 386
• Progreso VII (in Ido), 1914, page 66

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anhēlāre (“pant, gasp; long for”). Cf. also alentar and Italian anelare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aneˈlaɾ/ [a.neˈlaɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: an‧he‧lar

Verb

anhelar (first-person singular present anhelo, first-person singular preterite anhelé, past participle anhelado)

1. to long for, to yearn, to yearn for, to long, to desire, to hanker
2. to crave
3. to gasp
4. to pant

Conjugation

    Conjugation of anhelar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			anhelar
gerund			anhelando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		anhelado		anhelada
		plural		anhelados		anheladas
		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	anhelo	anhelastú anhelásvos	anhela	anhelamos	anheláis	anhelan
	imperfect	anhelaba	anhelabas	anhelaba	anhelábamos	anhelabais	anhelaban
	preterite	anhelé	anhelaste	anheló	anhelamos	anhelasteis	anhelaron
	future	anhelaré	anhelarás	anhelará	anhelaremos	anhelaréis	anhelarán
	conditional	anhelaría	anhelarías	anhelaría	anhelaríamos	anhelaríais	anhelarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	anhele	anhelestú anhelésvos2	anhele	anhelemos	anheléis	anhelen
	imperfect (ra)	anhelara	anhelaras	anhelara	anheláramos	anhelarais	anhelaran
	imperfect (se)	anhelase	anhelases	anhelase	anhelásemos	anhelaseis	anhelasen
	future1	anhelare	anhelares	anhelare	anheláremos	anhelareis	anhelaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		anhelatú anhelávos	anhele	anhelemos	anhelad	anhelen
	negative		no anheles	no anhele	no anhelemos	no anheléis	no anhelen

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

    Selected combined forms of anhelar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive anhelar	dative	anhelarme	anhelarte	anhelarle, anhelarse	anhelarnos	anhelaros	anhelarles, anhelarse
	accusative	anhelarme	anhelarte	anhelarlo, anhelarla, anhelarse	anhelarnos	anhelaros	anhelarlos, anhelarlas, anhelarse
with gerund anhelando	dative	anhelándome	anhelándote	anhelándole, anhelándose	anhelándonos	anhelándoos	anhelándoles, anhelándose
	accusative	anhelándome	anhelándote	anhelándolo, anhelándola, anhelándose	anhelándonos	anhelándoos	anhelándolos, anhelándolas, anhelándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative anhela	dative	anhélame	anhélate	anhélale	anhélanos	not used	anhélales
	accusative	anhélame	anhélate	anhélalo, anhélala	anhélanos	not used	anhélalos, anhélalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative anhelá	dative	anhelame	anhelate	anhelale	anhelanos	not used	anhelales
	accusative	anhelame	anhelate	anhelalo, anhelala	anhelanos	not used	anhelalos, anhelalas
with formal second-person singular imperative anhele	dative	anhéleme	not used	anhélele, anhélese	anhélenos	not used	anhéleles
	accusative	anhéleme	not used	anhélelo, anhélela, anhélese	anhélenos	not used	anhélelos, anhélelas
with first-person plural imperative anhelemos	dative	not used	anhelémoste	anhelémosle	anhelémonos	anhelémoos	anhelémosles
	accusative	not used	anhelémoste	anhelémoslo, anhelémosla	anhelémonos	anhelémoos	anhelémoslos, anhelémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative anhelad	dative	anheladme	not used	anheladle	anheladnos	anhelaos	anheladles
	accusative	anheladme	not used	anheladlo, anheladla	anheladnos	anhelaos	anheladlos, anheladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative anhelen	dative	anhélenme	not used	anhélenle	anhélennos	not used	anhélenles, anhélense
	accusative	anhélenme	not used	anhélenlo, anhélenla	anhélennos	not used	anhélenlos, anhélenlas, anhélense

Derived terms

• anhelo

 

Related terms

• anhelante
• anheloso

 

Further reading

• “anhelar”, 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