plañir

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin plangere (compare Italian piangere, French plaindre, Portuguese planger and Romanian plânge).

Perhaps a semi-learned form; cf. also an old Spanish llañer (having expected phonetic development) with attested forms llangamos and llangan as well as plañer, which was modified with a conjugation change into the current form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plaˈɲiɾ/ [plaˈɲiɾ]
• Rhymes: -iɾ
• Syllabification: pla‧ñir

Verb

plañir (first-person singular present plaño, first-person singular preterite plañí, past participle plañido)

1. (intransitive) to cry and groan

Conjugation

    Conjugation of plañir (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			plañir
gerund			plañendo
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		plañido		plañida
		plural		plañidos		plañidas
		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	plaño	plañestú plañísvos	plañe	plañimos	plañís	plañen
	imperfect	plañía	plañías	plañía	plañíamos	plañíais	plañían
	preterite	plañí	plañiste	plañó	plañimos	plañisteis	plañeron
	future	plañiré	plañirás	plañirá	plañiremos	plañiréis	plañirán
	conditional	plañiría	plañirías	plañiría	plañiríamos	plañiríais	plañirían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	plaña	plañastú plañásvos2	plaña	plañamos	plañáis	plañan
	imperfect (ra)	plañera	plañeras	plañera	plañéramos	plañerais	plañeran
	imperfect (se)	plañese	plañeses	plañese	plañésemos	plañeseis	plañesen
	future1	plañere	plañeres	plañere	plañéremos	plañereis	plañeren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		plañetú plañívos	plaña	plañamos	plañid	plañan
	negative		no plañas	no plaña	no plañamos	no plañáis	no plañan

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

    Selected combined forms of plañir

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 plañir	dative	plañirme	plañirte	plañirle, plañirse	plañirnos	plañiros	plañirles, plañirse
	accusative	plañirme	plañirte	plañirlo, plañirla, plañirse	plañirnos	plañiros	plañirlos, plañirlas, plañirse
with gerund plañendo	dative	plañéndome	plañéndote	plañéndole, plañéndose	plañéndonos	plañéndoos	plañéndoles, plañéndose
	accusative	plañéndome	plañéndote	plañéndolo, plañéndola, plañéndose	plañéndonos	plañéndoos	plañéndolos, plañéndolas, plañéndose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative plañe	dative	pláñeme	pláñete	pláñele	pláñenos	not used	pláñeles
	accusative	pláñeme	pláñete	pláñelo, pláñela	pláñenos	not used	pláñelos, pláñelas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative plañí	dative	plañime	plañite	plañile	plañinos	not used	plañiles
	accusative	plañime	plañite	plañilo, plañila	plañinos	not used	plañilos, plañilas
with formal second-person singular imperative plaña	dative	pláñame	not used	pláñale, pláñase	pláñanos	not used	pláñales
	accusative	pláñame	not used	pláñalo, pláñala, pláñase	pláñanos	not used	pláñalos, pláñalas
with first-person plural imperative plañamos	dative	not used	plañámoste	plañámosle	plañámonos	plañámoos	plañámosles
	accusative	not used	plañámoste	plañámoslo, plañámosla	plañámonos	plañámoos	plañámoslos, plañámoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative plañid	dative	plañidme	not used	plañidle	plañidnos	plañíos	plañidles
	accusative	plañidme	not used	plañidlo, plañidla	plañidnos	plañíos	plañidlos, plañidlas
with formal second-person plural imperative plañan	dative	pláñanme	not used	pláñanle	pláñannos	not used	pláñanles, pláñanse
	accusative	pláñanme	not used	pláñanlo, pláñanla	pláñannos	not used	pláñanlos, pláñanlas, pláñanse

Derived terms

• plañidera
• plañidero

Further reading

• “plañir”, 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