abacanar

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Spanish a-

Turkish bakanbor.

Ligurian bacanbor.

Spanish bacán

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -āre

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish abacanar

From a- + bacán + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abakaˈnaɾ/ [a.β̞a.kaˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧ca‧nar

Verb

abacanar (first-person singular present abacano, first-person singular preterite abacané, past participle abacanado)

1. (Rioplatense, Chile) To instill the behavior of a snobby, rich person.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abacanar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			abacanar
gerund			abacanando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abacanado		abacanada
		plural		abacanados		abacanadas
		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	abacano	abacanastú abacanásvos	abacana	abacanamos	abacanáis	abacanan
	imperfect	abacanaba	abacanabas	abacanaba	abacanábamos	abacanabais	abacanaban
	preterite	abacané	abacanaste	abacanó	abacanamos	abacanasteis	abacanaron
	future	abacanaré	abacanarás	abacanará	abacanaremos	abacanaréis	abacanarán
	conditional	abacanaría	abacanarías	abacanaría	abacanaríamos	abacanaríais	abacanarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abacane	abacanestú abacanésvos2	abacane	abacanemos	abacanéis	abacanen
	imperfect (ra)	abacanara	abacanaras	abacanara	abacanáramos	abacanarais	abacanaran
	imperfect (se)	abacanase	abacanases	abacanase	abacanásemos	abacanaseis	abacanasen
	future1	abacanare	abacanares	abacanare	abacanáremos	abacanareis	abacanaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		abacanatú abacanávos	abacane	abacanemos	abacanad	abacanen
	negative		no abacanes	no abacane	no abacanemos	no abacanéis	no abacanen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of abacanar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive abacanar	dative	abacanarme	abacanarte	abacanarle, abacanarse	abacanarnos	abacanaros	abacanarles, abacanarse
	accusative	abacanarme	abacanarte	abacanarlo, abacanarla, abacanarse	abacanarnos	abacanaros	abacanarlos, abacanarlas, abacanarse
with gerund abacanando	dative	abacanándome	abacanándote	abacanándole, abacanándose	abacanándonos	abacanándoos	abacanándoles, abacanándose
	accusative	abacanándome	abacanándote	abacanándolo, abacanándola, abacanándose	abacanándonos	abacanándoos	abacanándolos, abacanándolas, abacanándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative abacana	dative	abacáname	abacánate	abacánale	abacánanos	not used	abacánales
	accusative	abacáname	abacánate	abacánalo, abacánala	abacánanos	not used	abacánalos, abacánalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative abacaná	dative	abacaname	abacanate	abacanale	abacananos	not used	abacanales
	accusative	abacaname	abacanate	abacanalo, abacanala	abacananos	not used	abacanalos, abacanalas
with formal second-person singular imperative abacane	dative	abacáneme	not used	abacánele, abacánese	abacánenos	not used	abacáneles
	accusative	abacáneme	not used	abacánelo, abacánela, abacánese	abacánenos	not used	abacánelos, abacánelas
with first-person plural imperative abacanemos	dative	not used	abacanémoste	abacanémosle	abacanémonos	abacanémoos	abacanémosles
	accusative	not used	abacanémoste	abacanémoslo, abacanémosla	abacanémonos	abacanémoos	abacanémoslos, abacanémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative abacanad	dative	abacanadme	not used	abacanadle	abacanadnos	abacanaos	abacanadles
	accusative	abacanadme	not used	abacanadlo, abacanadla	abacanadnos	abacanaos	abacanadlos, abacanadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative abacanen	dative	abacánenme	not used	abacánenle	abacánennos	not used	abacánenles, abacánense
	accusative	abacánenme	not used	abacánenlo, abacánenla	abacánennos	not used	abacánenlos, abacánenlas, abacánense

Further reading

• “abacanar”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010