achandar

achandar

Galician

Alternative forms

• achaiar

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese achãar (13th century, used by Alfonso X), from Latin applanare. For the evolution -ãar > -andar, compare debandar, rebandar, sandar.

Cognate with Spanish allanar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.t͡ʃan.ˈdaɾ/

Verb

achandar (first-person singular present achando, first-person singular preterite achandei, past participle achandado)

1. (transitive) to level
   • 1395, Miguel González Garcés (ed.), Historia de La Coruña. Edad Media. A Coruña: Caixa Galicia, page 557:

     que o dicto martin bezerra e a sua moller façan tirar et derribar todos los penedos et pedras de mota que estan cabo da dicta casa sobre la terra os que poderen tirar con palancos de ferro et de madeyro et a maos de omes et que os tiren da mota et que os lançen contra o rrio et façan a mota chaa en maneyra que fique a dicta mota achaada o mays que se pode fazer

     the aforementioned Martin Becerra and his wife should order the toppling of every boulder and every stone of the motte which is by the aforementioned house, with iron levers, and wood levers, and by the hands of men; they should be removed from the motte and thrown into the river, and they should flatten the motte such that said motte is left levelled, as much as it can be

   Synonym: achairar

2. (transitive) to raze
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 662:

     Et as torres grandes et preçadas, et os cubetes ben laurados, et os paaços p(r)intados d'ouro et d'azur cõ muytas pedras preçiosas, todos forõ achaados.

     And the large and praised towers, and the well carved turrets, and the palaces painted in gold and blue with so many gemstones, all of them were razed

3. (transitive) to spread

Conjugation

Conjugation of achandar

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	achandar
personal	achandar	achandares	achandar	achandarmos	achandardes	achandaren
Gerund
	achandando
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	achandado			achandados
feminine	achandada			achandadas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	achando	achandas	achanda	achandamos	achandades	achandan
imperfect	achandaba	achandabas	achandaba	achandabamos	achandabades	achandaban
preterite	achandei	achandaches	achandou	achandamos	achandastes	achandaron
pluperfect	achandara	achandaras	achandara	achandaramos	achandarades	achandaran
future	achandarei	achandarás	achandará	achandaremos	achandaredes	achandarán
conditional	achandaría	achandarías	achandaría	achandariamos	achandariades	achandarían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	achande	achandes	achande	achandemos	achandedes	achanden
preterite	achandase	achandases	achandase	achandásemos	achandásedes	achandasen
future	achandar	achandares	achandar	achandarmos	achandardes	achandaren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	achanda	achande	achandemos	achandade	achanden
negative	–	achandes	achande	achandemos	achandedes	achanden

Related terms

• chan

References

• “achaar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “achaa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “achandar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “achandar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “achandar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.