abocanar
Asturian
Etymology
a- + bocana + -ar, itself from boca (“mouth”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /abokaˈnaɾ/ [a.β̞o.kaˈnaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: a‧bo‧ca‧nar
Verb
abocanar (first-person singular indicative present abocano, past participle abocanáu)
- to stop raining
- Synonyms: aclariar, escamplar
- Agora que yá tá abocanando podemos salir
- Now that the rain is stopping we can go out
- 1904, Pachín de Melás, La güelina[1]:
- Si non abocana, / la lluvia fai presa; / ye un ríu 'l caleyu; / ye un mar la praera...
- If it doesn't stop raining, / the rain takes hold; / it's a river the alley; / it's a sea the meadow...
- to shelter from the rain
- Synonym: atechase
Conjugation
Conjugation of abocanar
| infinitive | abocanar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | abocanando | ||||||
| past participle | m abocanáu, f abocanada, n abocanao, m pl abocanaos, f pl abocanaes | ||||||
| person | first singular yo |
second singular tu |
third singular él/elli |
first plural nosotros/nós |
second plural vosotros/vós |
third plural ellos | |
| indicative | present | abocano | abocanes | abocana | abocanamos | abocanáis | abocanen |
| imperfect | abocanaba | abocanabes | abocanaba | abocanábemos, abocanábamos | abocanabeis, abocanabais | abocanaben | |
| preterite | abocané | abocanasti, abocanesti | abocanó | abocanemos | abocanastis, abocanestis | abocanaron | |
| pluperfect | abocanare, abocanara | abocanares, abocanaras | abocanare, abocanara | abocanáremos, abocanáramos | abocanareis, abocanarais | abocanaren, abocanaran | |
| future | abocanaré | abocanarás | abocanará | abocanaremos | abocanaréis | abocanarán | |
| conditional | abocanaría | abocanaríes | abocanaría | abocanaríemos, abocanaríamos | abocanaríeis, abocanaríais | abocanaríen | |
| subjunctive | present | abocane | abocanes, abocanas | abocane | abocanemos | abocanéis | abocanen, abocanan |
| imperfect | abocanare, abocanara | abocanares, abocanaras | abocanare, abocanara | abocanáremos, abocanáramos | abocanareis, abocanarais | abocanaren, abocanaran | |
| imperative | — | abocana | — | — | abocanái | — | |
Related terms
Further reading
- Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “abocanar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
- “abocanar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN