añal
See also: Appendix:Variations of "anal"
Asturian
Etymology
añu + -al, or from Latin annālis.
Adjective
Synonyms
Spanish
Etymology
From año + -al, or from Latin annālis. Doublet of anal.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈɲal/ [aˈɲal]
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: a‧ñal
Adjective
añal m or f (masculine and feminine plural añales)
Noun
añal m (plural añales)
- (Dominican Republic) an offering presented to a deceased person one year after their death
- (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Venezuela, colloquial, chiefly in the plural) eon (long period of time)
Further reading
- “añal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- “añal”, 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