graznar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin (Iberian dialect) *gracināre, related to Late Latin gracitāre and gracillāre, from the same imitative/onomatopoetic root as Latin graculus (“jackdaw”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɾaθˈnaɾ/ [ɡɾaθ̬ˈnaɾ] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /ɡɾasˈnaɾ/ [ɡɾazˈnaɾ] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: graz‧nar

Verb

graznar (first-person singular present grazno, first-person singular preterite grazné, past participle graznado)

  1. to squawk
  2. to caw

Conjugation

    Conjugation of graznar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive graznar
gerund graznando
past participle masculine feminine
singular graznado graznada
plural graznados graznadas
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 grazno graznastú
graznásvos 		grazna graznamos graznáis graznan
imperfect graznaba graznabas graznaba graznábamos graznabais graznaban
preterite grazné graznaste graznó graznamos graznasteis graznaron
future graznaré graznarás graznará graznaremos graznaréis graznarán
conditional graznaría graznarías graznaría graznaríamos graznaríais graznarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present grazne graznestú
graznésvos2 		grazne graznemos graznéis graznen
imperfect
(ra) 		graznara graznaras graznara graznáramos graznarais graznaran
imperfect
(se) 		graznase graznases graznase graznásemos graznaseis graznasen
future1 graznare graznares graznare graznáremos graznareis graznaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative graznatú
graznávos 		grazne graznemos graznad graznen
negative no graznes no grazne no graznemos no graznéis no graznen

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

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “graznar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

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