zanjar
Spanish
Etymology
From sanjar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /θanˈxaɾ/ [θãŋˈxaɾ]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /sanˈxaɾ/ [sãŋˈxaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: zan‧jar
Verb
zanjar (first-person singular present zanjo, first-person singular preterite zanjé, past participle zanjado)
- to dig a trench
- to resolve; to settle
- zanjar la polémica ― to settle the controversy
- to remove difficulties
- Synonym: aclarar
Conjugation
Conjugation of zanjar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | zanjar | ||||||
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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 | ||||||
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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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014