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)

1. (transitive) to sinicize (make Chinese in form or character)
2. (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

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

Further reading

• “achinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024