lañar

Galician

Alternative forms

• lanhar (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin laniare (“to rend”). Cognate of Asturian lañar, Portuguese lanhar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈɲaɾ/

Verb

lañar (first-person singular present laño, first-person singular preterite lañei, past participle lañado)

1. (transitive) to open and gut a fish for curing or cooking it

   Synonym: escochar

2. (transitive) to cleave, crack
   • 1612, Pedro Vázquez de Neira, "Soneto", in Gómez Tónel, Exequias:

     aquel rancor que te carcome e laña

     that rancour that eats away and cracks through you

   Synonyms: fender, rachar

3. (pronominal) to crack
4. (pronominal) to chip

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lañar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	lañar
Personal	lañar	lañares	lañar	lañarmos	lañardes	lañaren
Gerund
	lañando
Past participle
Masculine	lañado			lañados
Feminine	lañada			lañadas
Indicative
Present	laño	lañas	laña	lañamos	lañades	lañan
Imperfect	lañaba	lañabas	lañaba	lañabamos	lañabades	lañaban
Preterite	lañei	lañaches	lañou	lañamos	lañastes	lañaron
Pluperfect	lañara	lañaras	lañara	lañaramos	lañarades	lañaran
Future	lañarei	lañarás	lañará	lañaremos	lañaredes	lañarán
Conditional	lañaría	lañarías	lañaría	lañariamos	lañariades	lañarían
Subjunctive
Present	lañe	lañes	lañe	lañemos	lañedes	lañen
Imperfect	lañase	lañases	lañase	lañásemos	lañásedes	lañasen
Future	lañar	lañares	lañar	lañarmos	lañardes	lañaren
Imperative
Affirmative		laña	lañe	lañemos	lañade	lañen
Negative (non)		non lañes	non lañe	non lañemos	non lañedes	non lañen

Derived terms

• eslañar
• laña
• laño

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “lannado”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lañar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lañar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lañar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN