tañer
See also: taner and Taner
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Latin tangere, tangō, from Proto-Italic *tangō, nasal infix present from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-. Doublet of tangir, a learned borrowing.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taˈɲeɾ/ [t̪aˈɲeɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: ta‧ñer
Verb
tañer (first-person singular present taño, first-person singular preterite tañí, past participle tañido)
- to play (an instrument)
- to ring (a bell)
- to strum
- (obsolete, archaic) to touch
Conjugation
Conjugation of tañer (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | tañer | ||||||
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gerund | tañendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | tañido | tañida | |||||
plural | tañidos | tañidas | |||||
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 | taño | tañestú tañésvos | tañe | tañemos | tañéis | tañen | |
imperfect | tañía | tañías | tañía | tañíamos | tañíais | tañían | |
preterite | tañí | tañiste | tañó | tañimos | tañisteis | tañeron | |
future | tañeré | tañerás | tañerá | tañeremos | tañeréis | tañerán | |
conditional | tañería | tañerías | tañería | tañeríamos | tañeríais | tañerían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | taña | tañastú tañásvos2 | taña | tañamos | tañáis | tañan | |
imperfect (ra) | tañera | tañeras | tañera | tañéramos | tañerais | tañeran | |
imperfect (se) | tañese | tañeses | tañese | tañésemos | tañeseis | tañesen | |
future1 | tañere | tañeres | tañere | tañéremos | tañereis | tañeren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | tañetú tañévos | taña | tañamos | tañed | tañan | ||
negative | no tañas | no taña | no tañamos | no tañáis | no tañan |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of tañer
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 tañer | |||||||
dative | tañerme | tañerte | tañerle, tañerse | tañernos | tañeros | tañerles, tañerse | |
accusative | tañerme | tañerte | tañerlo, tañerla, tañerse | tañernos | tañeros | tañerlos, tañerlas, tañerse | |
with gerund tañendo | |||||||
dative | tañéndome | tañéndote | tañéndole, tañéndose | tañéndonos | tañéndoos | tañéndoles, tañéndose | |
accusative | tañéndome | tañéndote | tañéndolo, tañéndola, tañéndose | tañéndonos | tañéndoos | tañéndolos, tañéndolas, tañéndose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative tañe | |||||||
dative | táñeme | táñete | táñele | táñenos | not used | táñeles | |
accusative | táñeme | táñete | táñelo, táñela | táñenos | not used | táñelos, táñelas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative tañé | |||||||
dative | tañeme | tañete | tañele | tañenos | not used | tañeles | |
accusative | tañeme | tañete | tañelo, tañela | tañenos | not used | tañelos, tañelas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative taña | |||||||
dative | táñame | not used | táñale, táñase | táñanos | not used | táñales | |
accusative | táñame | not used | táñalo, táñala, táñase | táñanos | not used | táñalos, táñalas | |
with first-person plural imperative tañamos | |||||||
dative | not used | tañámoste | tañámosle | tañámonos | tañámoos | tañámosles | |
accusative | not used | tañámoste | tañámoslo, tañámosla | tañámonos | tañámoos | tañámoslos, tañámoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative tañed | |||||||
dative | tañedme | not used | tañedle | tañednos | tañeos | tañedles | |
accusative | tañedme | not used | tañedlo, tañedla | tañednos | tañeos | tañedlos, tañedlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative tañan | |||||||
dative | táñanme | not used | táñanle | táñannos | not used | táñanles, táñanse | |
accusative | táñanme | not used | táñanlo, táñanla | táñannos | not used | táñanlos, táñanlas, táñanse |
Related terms
- tañido
See also
- tocar
Further reading
- “tañer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- renta