añal

See also: Appendix:Variations of "anal"

Asturian

Etymology

añu +‎ -al, or from Latin annālis.

Adjective

añal (epicene, plural añales)

1. annual

Synonyms

• anual

Spanish

Etymology

From año +‎ -al, or from Latin annālis. Doublet of anal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɲal/ [aˈɲal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: a‧ñal

Adjective

añal m or f (masculine and feminine plural añales)

1. (rare) annual

   Synonym: anual

Noun

añal m (plural añales)

1. (Dominican Republic) an offering presented to a deceased person one year after their death
2. (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Uruguay, Venezuela, colloquial, chiefly in the plural) eon (long period of time)
3. (archaic) annal

Further reading

• “añal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “añal”, in Diccionario de americanismos [Dictionary of Americanisms] (in Spanish), Association of Academies of the Spanish Language [Spanish: Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española], 2010