aruñar
Spanish
Etymology
From arañar (“to scratch”). Influenced by uña (“fingernail”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɾuˈɲaɾ/ [a.ɾuˈɲaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧ru‧ñar
Verb
aruñar (first-person singular present aruño, first-person singular preterite aruñé, past participle aruñado)
- Alternative form of arañar (“to scratch”) (sometimes with a nail)
Usage notes
- While aruñar and arañar are generally considered synonyms and can be used interchangeably, aruñar is sometimes used to specifically mean scratching with a nail.
Conjugation
Conjugation of aruñar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | aruñar | ||||||
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gerund | aruñando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | aruñado | aruñada | |||||
plural | aruñados | aruñadas | |||||
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 | aruño | aruñastú aruñásvos | aruña | aruñamos | aruñáis | aruñan | |
imperfect | aruñaba | aruñabas | aruñaba | aruñábamos | aruñabais | aruñaban | |
preterite | aruñé | aruñaste | aruñó | aruñamos | aruñasteis | aruñaron | |
future | aruñaré | aruñarás | aruñará | aruñaremos | aruñaréis | aruñarán | |
conditional | aruñaría | aruñarías | aruñaría | aruñaríamos | aruñaríais | aruñarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | aruñe | aruñestú aruñésvos2 | aruñe | aruñemos | aruñéis | aruñen | |
imperfect (ra) | aruñara | aruñaras | aruñara | aruñáramos | aruñarais | aruñaran | |
imperfect (se) | aruñase | aruñases | aruñase | aruñásemos | aruñaseis | aruñasen | |
future1 | aruñare | aruñares | aruñare | aruñáremos | aruñareis | aruñaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | aruñatú aruñávos | aruñe | aruñemos | aruñad | aruñen | ||
negative | no aruñes | no aruñe | no aruñemos | no aruñéis | no aruñen |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of aruñar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive aruñar | |||||||
dative | aruñarme | aruñarte | aruñarle, aruñarse | aruñarnos | aruñaros | aruñarles, aruñarse | |
accusative | aruñarme | aruñarte | aruñarlo, aruñarla, aruñarse | aruñarnos | aruñaros | aruñarlos, aruñarlas, aruñarse | |
with gerund aruñando | |||||||
dative | aruñándome | aruñándote | aruñándole, aruñándose | aruñándonos | aruñándoos | aruñándoles, aruñándose | |
accusative | aruñándome | aruñándote | aruñándolo, aruñándola, aruñándose | aruñándonos | aruñándoos | aruñándolos, aruñándolas, aruñándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative aruña | |||||||
dative | arúñame | arúñate | arúñale | arúñanos | not used | arúñales | |
accusative | arúñame | arúñate | arúñalo, arúñala | arúñanos | not used | arúñalos, arúñalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative aruñá | |||||||
dative | aruñame | aruñate | aruñale | aruñanos | not used | aruñales | |
accusative | aruñame | aruñate | aruñalo, aruñala | aruñanos | not used | aruñalos, aruñalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative aruñe | |||||||
dative | arúñeme | not used | arúñele, arúñese | arúñenos | not used | arúñeles | |
accusative | arúñeme | not used | arúñelo, arúñela, arúñese | arúñenos | not used | arúñelos, arúñelas | |
with first-person plural imperative aruñemos | |||||||
dative | not used | aruñémoste | aruñémosle | aruñémonos | aruñémoos | aruñémosles | |
accusative | not used | aruñémoste | aruñémoslo, aruñémosla | aruñémonos | aruñémoos | aruñémoslos, aruñémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative aruñad | |||||||
dative | aruñadme | not used | aruñadle | aruñadnos | aruñaos | aruñadles | |
accusative | aruñadme | not used | aruñadlo, aruñadla | aruñadnos | aruñaos | aruñadlos, aruñadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative aruñen | |||||||
dative | arúñenme | not used | arúñenle | arúñennos | not used | arúñenles, arúñense | |
accusative | arúñenme | not used | arúñenlo, arúñenla | arúñennos | not used | arúñenlos, arúñenlas, arúñense |
Further reading
- “aruñar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014