aplanar

From a- +‎ pla +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.pləˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.plaˈnaɾ]

aplanar (first-person singular present aplano, first-person singular preterite aplaní, past participle aplanat)

1. (transitive) to flatten, to level

• “aplanar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Late Latin applānāre (“to flatten”), from Latin plānus.^[1][2] Doublet of achanar.

Alternatively, from a- +‎ plano +‎ -ar.^[3] Compare with Spanish aplanar.

• Hyphenation: a‧pla‧nar

aplanar (first-person singular present aplano, first-person singular preterite aplanei, past participle aplanado)

1. to flatten
2. to level

• achanar

• “aplanar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From a- +‎ plano +‎ -ar.

• IPA^(key): /aplaˈnaɾ/ [a.plaˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧pla‧nar

aplanar (first-person singular present aplano, first-person singular preterite aplané, past participle aplanado)

1. to flatten
2. to grade
3. to bulldoze

• “aplanar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024