apiñar

Spanish

Etymology

a- +‎ piña +‎ -ar

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /apiˈɲaɾ/ [a.piˈɲaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧pi‧ñar

Verb

apiñar (first-person singular present apiño, first-person singular preterite apiñé, past participle apiñado)

  1. to pack together, squeeze/squash together
    • 2017 October 3, Álex Grijelmo, “Nunca hubo un millón”, in El País‎, Madrid, ISSN 1134-6582:
      Para resultar cierta la cifra municipal habría sido necesario apiñar a 14 personas por metro cuadrado.
      To prove the municipal figure true, it would have been necessary to squeeze 14 people into each square meter.
  2. (reflexive) to crowd together; to bunch

Conjugation
    Conjugation of apiñar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive apiñar
gerund apiñando
past participle masculine feminine
singular apiñado apiñada
plural apiñados apiñadas
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 apiño apiñastú
apiñásvos		 apiña apiñamos apiñáis apiñan
imperfect apiñaba apiñabas apiñaba apiñábamos apiñabais apiñaban
preterite apiñé apiñaste apiñó apiñamos apiñasteis apiñaron
future apiñaré apiñarás apiñará apiñaremos apiñaréis apiñarán
conditional apiñaría apiñarías apiñaría apiñaríamos apiñaríais apiñarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos		 él/ella/ello
usted		 nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ellos/ellas
ustedes
present apiñe apiñestú
apiñésvos2		 apiñe apiñemos apiñéis apiñen
imperfect
(ra)		 apiñara apiñaras apiñara apiñáramos apiñarais apiñaran
imperfect
(se)		 apiñase apiñases apiñase apiñásemos apiñaseis apiñasen
future1 apiñare apiñares apiñare apiñáremos apiñareis apiñaren
imperative — tú
vos		 usted nosotros
nosotras		 vosotros
vosotras		 ustedes
affirmative apiñatú
apiñávos		 apiñe apiñemos apiñad apiñen
negative no apiñes no apiñe no apiñemos no apiñéis no apiñen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of apiñar

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 apiñar
dative apiñarme apiñarte apiñarle, apiñarse apiñarnos apiñaros apiñarles, apiñarse
accusative apiñarme apiñarte apiñarlo, apiñarla, apiñarse apiñarnos apiñaros apiñarlos, apiñarlas, apiñarse
with gerund apiñando
dative apiñándome apiñándote apiñándole, apiñándose apiñándonos apiñándoos apiñándoles, apiñándose
accusative apiñándome apiñándote apiñándolo, apiñándola, apiñándose apiñándonos apiñándoos apiñándolos, apiñándolas, apiñándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative apiña
dative apíñame apíñate apíñale apíñanos not used apíñales
accusative apíñame apíñate apíñalo, apíñala apíñanos not used apíñalos, apíñalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative apiñá
dative apiñame apiñate apiñale apiñanos not used apiñales
accusative apiñame apiñate apiñalo, apiñala apiñanos not used apiñalos, apiñalas
with formal second-person singular imperative apiñe
dative apíñeme not used apíñele, apíñese apíñenos not used apíñeles
accusative apíñeme not used apíñelo, apíñela, apíñese apíñenos not used apíñelos, apíñelas
with first-person plural imperative apiñemos
dative not used apiñémoste apiñémosle apiñémonos apiñémoos apiñémosles
accusative not used apiñémoste apiñémoslo, apiñémosla apiñémonos apiñémoos apiñémoslos, apiñémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative apiñad
dative apiñadme not used apiñadle apiñadnos apiñaos apiñadles
accusative apiñadme not used apiñadlo, apiñadla apiñadnos apiñaos apiñadlos, apiñadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative apiñen
dative apíñenme not used apíñenle apíñennos not used apíñenles, apíñense
accusative apíñenme not used apíñenlo, apíñenla apíñennos not used apíñenlos, apíñenlas, apíñense

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