allanar

Spanish

Etymology

a- +‎ llano (“flat”) +‎ -ar

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /aʝaˈnaɾ/ [a.ʝaˈnaɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /aʝaˈnaɾ/ [a.ʝaˈnaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /aʎaˈnaɾ/ [a.ʎaˈnaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /aʃaˈnaɾ/ [a.ʃaˈnaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aʒaˈnaɾ/ [a.ʒaˈnaɾ]

Verb

1. to smooth, to flatten
2. to overcome
3. to subdue
4. to break in (to enter by force)
5. to pave (one's way)

Derived terms

• allanador
• allanamiento

Further reading

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