aún

See also: aun

Spanish

Alternative forms

• ahún (superseded)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin adhūc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈun/ [aˈũn]

• Audio (Argentina):

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• Rhymes: -un
• Syllabification: a‧ún

Adverb

aún

1. still, yet

   Synonym: todavía

   Aún no ha llegado.

   He has not arrived yet.

   • 1917, Rubén Darío, “A Roosevelt”, in Cantos de vida y esperanza:

     Eres los Estados Unidos,
     eres el futuro invasor
     de la América ingenua que tiene sangre indígena,
     que aún reza a Jesucristo y aún habla en español.

     You are the United States
     you are the future invader
     of the naive America that has indigenous blood
     that still prays to Jesus Christ and that still speaks Spanish

Usage notes

• Many speakers don't make a distinction between aún and aun.

See also

• aun

Further reading

• “aún”, 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
• La tilde en aún/aun | Ortografía de la lengua española | RAE - ASALE