achinar
Spanish
Etymology
From a- + chino (“Chinese”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /at͡ʃiˈnaɾ/ [a.t͡ʃiˈnaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧chi‧nar
Verb
achinar (first-person singular present achino, first-person singular preterite achiné, past participle achinado)
- (transitive) to sinicize (make Chinese in form or character)
- (reflexive, of eyes) to slant
Conjugation
Conjugation of achinar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | achinar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | achinando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | achinado | achinada | |||||
| plural | achinados | achinadas | |||||
| 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 | achino | achinastú achinásvos | achina | achinamos | achináis | achinan | |
| imperfect | achinaba | achinabas | achinaba | achinábamos | achinabais | achinaban | |
| preterite | achiné | achinaste | achinó | achinamos | achinasteis | achinaron | |
| future | achinaré | achinarás | achinará | achinaremos | achinaréis | achinarán | |
| conditional | achinaría | achinarías | achinaría | achinaríamos | achinaríais | achinarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | achine | achinestú achinésvos2 | achine | achinemos | achinéis | achinen | |
| imperfect (ra) | achinara | achinaras | achinara | achináramos | achinarais | achinaran | |
| imperfect (se) | achinase | achinases | achinase | achinásemos | achinaseis | achinasen | |
| future1 | achinare | achinares | achinare | achináremos | achinareis | achinaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | achinatú achinávos | achine | achinemos | achinad | achinen | ||
| negative | no achines | no achine | no achinemos | no achinéis | no achinen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “achinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014