abanar

Attested, in Latin local documents, since before 1200.[1] From Latin ad- + Latin vannus (“winnowing basket”).[2]

• IPA^(key): /aβaˈnaɾ/

abanar (first-person singular present abano, first-person singular preterite abanei, past participle abanado)

1. to fan

   Synonym: abanicar

2. to wag, to shake

   Synonym: abalar

3. to rock

   Synonym: arrolar

• “abanar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “abanar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “abanar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Vulgar Latin *evannāre or *advannāre, from *vannāre from Latin vannere.

• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧nar

abanar (first-person singular present abano, first-person singular preterite abanei, past participle abanado)

1. to wag
2. to fan
3. inflection of abanar:
   1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive
   2. first/third-person singular personal infinitive

For quotations using this term, see Citations:abanar.

From Galician or Portuguese abanar. Cognate with English fan.

• IPA^(key): /abaˈnaɾ/ [a.β̞aˈnaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧nar

abanar (first-person singular present abano, first-person singular preterite abané, past participle abanado)

1. (obsolete) to fan

   Synonym: abanicar

2. (Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, reflexive) to show off

• “abanar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014