amainar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ə.məjˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.majˈnaɾ]

Verb

amainar (first-person singular present amaino, first-person singular preterite amainí, past participle amainat)

1. to abate (to lessen in force)

Descendants

• → Spanish: amainar

Further reading

• “amainar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “amainar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “amainar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “amainar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• amaynar (obsolete)

Etymology

Uncertain. Suggested derivations include:

• Gothic *𐌰𐍆𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 (*afmaginōn), via Catalan amainar;
• Latin *invaginare;
• Latin ad- *mināre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.maj.ˈna(ɾ)/, /a.maj.ˈna(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /a.maj.ˈna(ɾ)/, /a.maj.ˈna(ɻ)/
• IPA^(key): /ɐ.maj.ˈnaɾ/

Verb

1. to abate (to lessen in force)
2. to calm down (to become less excited, intense, or angry)

Synonyms

• (to abate): abrandar, acalmar, ceder
• (to calm down): acalmar, se

Related terms

• amainado

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Spanish

Etymology

From Catalan amainar, from Gothic *𐌰𐍆𐌼𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍉𐌽 (*afmaginōn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amaiˈnaɾ/ [a.mai̯ˈnaɾ]

Verb

1. (transitive) to abate, to die down, to subside, to let up, to ease off

   Antonym: arreciar

Further reading

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