aunar
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin adūnāre (“to unite”). Doublet of adunar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.uˈna(ʁ)/ [a.uˈna(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.uˈna(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.uˈna(ʁ)/ [a.uˈna(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /a.uˈna(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.uˈnaɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.uˈna.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: au‧nar
Verb
aunar (first-person singular present aúno, first-person singular preterite aunei, past participle aunado)
- (transitive, obsolete) synonym of adunar
Conjugation
Conjugation of aunar (u becomes ú when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | aunar | |||||
| Personal | aunar | aunares | aunar | aunarmos | aunardes | aunarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| aunando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | aunado | aunados | ||||
| Feminine | aunada | aunadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | aúno | aúnas | aúna | aunamos | aunais | aúnam |
| Imperfect | aunava | aunavas | aunava | aunávamos | aunáveis | aunavam |
| Preterite | aunei | aunaste | aunou | aunamos1, aunámos2 | aunastes | aunaram |
| Pluperfect | aunara | aunaras | aunara | aunáramos | aunáreis | aunaram |
| Future | aunarei | aunarás | aunará | aunaremos | aunareis | aunarão |
| Conditional | aunaria | aunarias | aunaria | aunaríamos | aunaríeis | aunariam |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | aúne | aúnes | aúne | aunemos | auneis | aúnem |
| Imperfect | aunasse | aunasses | aunasse | aunássemos | aunásseis | aunassem |
| Future | aunar | aunares | aunar | aunarmos | aunardes | aunarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | aúna | aúne | aunemos | aunai | aúnem | |
| Negative (não) | não aúnes | não aúne | não aunemos | não auneis | não aúnem | |
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “aunar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “aunar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /auˈnaɾ/ [au̯ˈnaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: au‧nar
Verb
aunar (first-person singular present aúno, first-person singular preterite auné, past participle aunado)
- (transitive) to join; to merge
- Synonym: unir
- 2023 August 22, Elsa García de Blas, “El Rey encarga a Feijóo una investidura abocada al fracaso”, in El País[1]:
- El presidente del Gobierno en funciones subrayó el martes […] que el PSOE está “en condiciones de aunar el respaldo para la investidura, como quedó acreditado” con la votación de la Mesa del Congreso.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (reflexive) to unite
Conjugation
Conjugation of aunar (u-ú alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | aunar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | aunando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | aunado | aunada | |||||
| plural | aunados | aunadas | |||||
| 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 | aúno | aúnastú aunásvos |
aúna | aunamos | aunáis | aúnan | |
| imperfect | aunaba | aunabas | aunaba | aunábamos | aunabais | aunaban | |
| preterite | auné | aunaste | aunó | aunamos | aunasteis | aunaron | |
| future | aunaré | aunarás | aunará | aunaremos | aunaréis | aunarán | |
| conditional | aunaría | aunarías | aunaría | aunaríamos | aunaríais | aunarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | aúne | aúnestú aunésvos2 |
aúne | aunemos | aunéis | aúnen | |
| imperfect (ra) |
aunara | aunaras | aunara | aunáramos | aunarais | aunaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
aunase | aunases | aunase | aunásemos | aunaseis | aunasen | |
| future1 | aunare | aunares | aunare | aunáremos | aunareis | aunaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | aúnatú aunávos |
aúne | aunemos | aunad | aúnen | ||
| negative | no aúnes | no aúne | no aunemos | no aunéis | no aúnen | ||
Selected combined forms of aunar (u-ú alternation)
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 aunar | dative | aunarme | aunarte | aunarle, aunarse | aunarnos | aunaros | aunarles, aunarse |
| accusative | aunarme | aunarte | aunarlo, aunarla, aunarse | aunarnos | aunaros | aunarlos, aunarlas, aunarse | |
| with gerund aunando | dative | aunándome | aunándote | aunándole, aunándose | aunándonos | aunándoos | aunándoles, aunándose |
| accusative | aunándome | aunándote | aunándolo, aunándola, aunándose | aunándonos | aunándoos | aunándolos, aunándolas, aunándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative aúna | dative | aúname | aúnate | aúnale | aúnanos | not used | aúnales |
| accusative | aúname | aúnate | aúnalo, aúnala | aúnanos | not used | aúnalos, aúnalas | |
| with informal second-person singular voseo imperative auná | dative | auname | aunate | aunale | aunanos | not used | aunales |
| accusative | auname | aunate | aunalo, aunala | aunanos | not used | aunalos, aunalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative aúne | dative | aúneme | not used | aúnele, aúnese | aúnenos | not used | aúneles |
| accusative | aúneme | not used | aúnelo, aúnela, aúnese | aúnenos | not used | aúnelos, aúnelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative aunemos | dative | not used | aunémoste | aunémosle | aunémonos | aunémoos | aunémosles |
| accusative | not used | aunémoste | aunémoslo, aunémosla | aunémonos | aunémoos | aunémoslos, aunémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative aunad | dative | aunadme | not used | aunadle | aunadnos | aunaos | aunadles |
| accusative | aunadme | not used | aunadlo, aunadla | aunadnos | aunaos | aunadlos, aunadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative aúnen | dative | aúnenme | not used | aúnenle | aúnennos | not used | aúnenles, aúnense |
| accusative | aúnenme | not used | aúnenlo, aúnenla | aúnennos | not used | aúnenlos, aúnenlas, aúnense | |
Further reading
- “aunar”, 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