afanyar

Catalan

Alternative forms

afanar

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare Spanish afanar, Italian affannare.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ə.fəˈɲa/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.faˈɲaɾ/
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

afanyar (first-person singular present afanyo, first-person singular preterite afanyí, past participle afanyat)

(transitive) to work hard for
(takes a reflexive pronoun) to work hard, toil
(takes a reflexive pronoun) to hurry up

Conjugation

Conjugation of afanyar (first conjugation)

person		singular			plural
infinitive			afanyar
gerund			afanyant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		afanyat		afanyada
		plural		afanyats		afanyades
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	afanyo	afanyes	afanya	afanyem	afanyeu	afanyen
	imperfect	afanyava	afanyaves	afanyava	afanyàvem	afanyàveu	afanyaven
	future	afanyaré	afanyaràs	afanyarà	afanyarem	afanyareu	afanyaran
	preterite	afanyí	afanyares	afanyà	afanyàrem	afanyàreu	afanyaren
	conditional	afanyaria	afanyaries	afanyaria	afanyaríem	afanyaríeu	afanyarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	afanyi	afanyis	afanyi	afanyem	afanyeu	afanyin
	imperfect	afanyés	afanyessis	afanyés	afanyéssim	afanyéssiu	afanyessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	afanya	afanyi	afanyem	afanyeu	afanyin
	negative (no)	—	no afanyis	no afanyi	no afanyem	no afanyeu	no afanyin

Derived terms

Further reading

“afanyar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
“afanyar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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