maznar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin māchināre (“mill, grind”), a verb based on Latin māchina (“device, mill”), an early borrowing from Ancient Greek. Compare Italian macinare. Morphological doublet of maquinar, a borrowing from Latin.

Verb

maznar (first-person singular present mazno, first-person singular preterite mazné, past participle maznado)

1. to squeeze or soften

Conjugation

    Conjugation of maznar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			maznar
gerund			maznando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		maznado		maznada
		plural		maznados		maznadas
		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	mazno	maznastú maznásvos	mazna	maznamos	maznáis	maznan
	imperfect	maznaba	maznabas	maznaba	maznábamos	maznabais	maznaban
	preterite	mazné	maznaste	maznó	maznamos	maznasteis	maznaron
	future	maznaré	maznarás	maznará	maznaremos	maznaréis	maznarán
	conditional	maznaría	maznarías	maznaría	maznaríamos	maznaríais	maznarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	mazne	maznestú maznésvos2	mazne	maznemos	maznéis	maznen
	imperfect (ra)	maznara	maznaras	maznara	maznáramos	maznarais	maznaran
	imperfect (se)	maznase	maznases	maznase	maznásemos	maznaseis	maznasen
	future1	maznare	maznares	maznare	maznáremos	maznareis	maznaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		maznatú maznávos	mazne	maznemos	maznad	maznen
	negative		no maznes	no mazne	no maznemos	no maznéis	no maznen

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

Further reading

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