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llenar

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From lleno (full) +‎ -ar.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ʝeˈnaɾ/ [ɟ͡ʝeˈnaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ʎeˈnaɾ/ [ʎeˈnaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ʃeˈnaɾ/ [ʃeˈnaɾ]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ʒeˈnaɾ/ [ʒeˈnaɾ]

  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: lle‧nar

Verb

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llenar (first-person singular present lleno, first-person singular preterite llené, past participle llenado)

  1. (transitive) to fill something up
    Synonyms: colmar, rellenar
  2. (transitive) to fill out or complete a form
    Synonym: rellenar
    Por favor llene este formulario.
    Please fill out this form.
  3. (transitive) to complete a group
    Synonym: completar
  4. (transitive, chiefly Cuba and Uruguay, rare in Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Argentina) to bother, to tire
    Synonym: molestar
  5. (intransitive, rare, of the moon) to become full
  6. (pronominal, colloquial) to gorge, to chow down
  7. (ambitransitive, pronominal, colloquial) to smear, soil, stain (something or someone); to become smeared, dirty, stained.
    Synonyms: poner, manchar
    Me llené las de pintura.
    I smeared my hands with paint.
    Mis manos se llenaron de lodo por jugar en el suelo.
    My hands got soiled with mud because of playing on the ground.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Coromines, Joan (2011) Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN

Further reading

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