zanjar

Spanish

Etymology

From sanjar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θanˈxaɾ/ [θãŋˈxaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /sanˈxaɾ/ [sãŋˈxaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: zan‧jar

Verb

zanjar (first-person singular present zanjo, first-person singular preterite zanjé, past participle zanjado)

1. to resolve; to settle

   zanjar la polémica ― to settle the controversy

2. to remove difficulties

   Synonym: aclarar

3. to dig a trench

Conjugation

    Conjugation of zanjar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			zanjar
gerund			zanjando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		zanjado		zanjada
		plural		zanjados		zanjadas
		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	zanjo	zanjastú zanjásvos	zanja	zanjamos	zanjáis	zanjan
	imperfect	zanjaba	zanjabas	zanjaba	zanjábamos	zanjabais	zanjaban
	preterite	zanjé	zanjaste	zanjó	zanjamos	zanjasteis	zanjaron
	future	zanjaré	zanjarás	zanjará	zanjaremos	zanjaréis	zanjarán
	conditional	zanjaría	zanjarías	zanjaría	zanjaríamos	zanjaríais	zanjarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	zanje	zanjestú zanjésvos2	zanje	zanjemos	zanjéis	zanjen
	imperfect (ra)	zanjara	zanjaras	zanjara	zanjáramos	zanjarais	zanjaran
	imperfect (se)	zanjase	zanjases	zanjase	zanjásemos	zanjaseis	zanjasen
	future1	zanjare	zanjares	zanjare	zanjáremos	zanjareis	zanjaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		zanjatú zanjávos	zanje	zanjemos	zanjad	zanjen
	negative		no zanjes	no zanje	no zanjemos	no zanjéis	no zanjen

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

    Selected combined forms of zanjar

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 zanjar	dative	zanjarme	zanjarte	zanjarle, zanjarse	zanjarnos	zanjaros	zanjarles, zanjarse
	accusative	zanjarme	zanjarte	zanjarlo, zanjarla, zanjarse	zanjarnos	zanjaros	zanjarlos, zanjarlas, zanjarse
with gerund zanjando	dative	zanjándome	zanjándote	zanjándole, zanjándose	zanjándonos	zanjándoos	zanjándoles, zanjándose
	accusative	zanjándome	zanjándote	zanjándolo, zanjándola, zanjándose	zanjándonos	zanjándoos	zanjándolos, zanjándolas, zanjándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative zanja	dative	zánjame	zánjate	zánjale	zánjanos	not used	zánjales
	accusative	zánjame	zánjate	zánjalo, zánjala	zánjanos	not used	zánjalos, zánjalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative zanjá	dative	zanjame	zanjate	zanjale	zanjanos	not used	zanjales
	accusative	zanjame	zanjate	zanjalo, zanjala	zanjanos	not used	zanjalos, zanjalas
with formal second-person singular imperative zanje	dative	zánjeme	not used	zánjele, zánjese	zánjenos	not used	zánjeles
	accusative	zánjeme	not used	zánjelo, zánjela, zánjese	zánjenos	not used	zánjelos, zánjelas
with first-person plural imperative zanjemos	dative	not used	zanjémoste	zanjémosle	zanjémonos	zanjémoos	zanjémosles
	accusative	not used	zanjémoste	zanjémoslo, zanjémosla	zanjémonos	zanjémoos	zanjémoslos, zanjémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative zanjad	dative	zanjadme	not used	zanjadle	zanjadnos	zanjaos	zanjadles
	accusative	zanjadme	not used	zanjadlo, zanjadla	zanjadnos	zanjaos	zanjadlos, zanjadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative zanjen	dative	zánjenme	not used	zánjenle	zánjennos	not used	zánjenles, zánjense
	accusative	zánjenme	not used	zánjenlo, zánjenla	zánjennos	not used	zánjenlos, zánjenlas, zánjense

Further reading

• “zanjar”, 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