aunar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin adūnāre (“to unite”). Doublet of adunar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.uˈna(ʁ)/ [a.uˈna(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.uˈna(ʁ)/ [a.uˈna(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.uˈna(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.uˈna(ʁ)/ [a.uˈna(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.uˈna(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.uˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.uˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.uˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: au‧nar

Verb

aunar (first-person singular present aúno, first-person singular preterite aunei, past participle aunado)

1. (transitive, obsolete) synonym of adunar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aunar (u becomes ú when stressed) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	aunar
Personal	aunar	aunares	aunar	aunarmos	aunardes	aunarem
Gerund
	aunando
Past participle
Masculine	aunado			aunados
Feminine	aunada			aunadas
Indicative
Present	aúno	aúnas	aúna	aunamos	aunais	aúnam
Imperfect	aunava	aunavas	aunava	aunávamos	aunáveis	aunavam
Preterite	aunei	aunaste	aunou	aunamos1, aunámos2	aunastes	aunaram
Pluperfect	aunara	aunaras	aunara	aunáramos	aunáreis	aunaram
Future	aunarei	aunarás	aunará	aunaremos	aunareis	aunarão
Conditional	aunaria	aunarias	aunaria	aunaríamos	aunaríeis	aunariam
Subjunctive
Present	aúne	aúnes	aúne	aunemos	auneis	aúnem
Imperfect	aunasse	aunasses	aunasse	aunássemos	aunásseis	aunassem
Future	aunar	aunares	aunar	aunarmos	aunardes	aunarem
Imperative
Affirmative		aúna	aúne	aunemos	aunai	aúnem
Negative (não)		não aúnes	não aúne	não aunemos	não auneis	não aúnem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “aunar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “aunar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin adūnāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /auˈnaɾ/ [au̯ˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: au‧nar

Verb

aunar (first-person singular present aúno, first-person singular preterite auné, past participle aunado)

1. (transitive) to join; to merge

   Synonym: unir

   • 2023 August 22, Elsa García de Blas, “El Rey encarga a Feijóo una investidura abocada al fracaso”, in El País‎^[1]:

     El presidente del Gobierno en funciones subrayó el martes […] que el PSOE está “en condiciones de aunar el respaldo para la investidura, como quedó acreditado” con la votación de la Mesa del Congreso.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (reflexive) to unite

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aunar (u-ú alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			aunar
gerund			aunando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aunado		aunada
		plural		aunados		aunadas
		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	aúno	aúnastú aunásvos	aúna	aunamos	aunáis	aúnan
	imperfect	aunaba	aunabas	aunaba	aunábamos	aunabais	aunaban
	preterite	auné	aunaste	aunó	aunamos	aunasteis	aunaron
	future	aunaré	aunarás	aunará	aunaremos	aunaréis	aunarán
	conditional	aunaría	aunarías	aunaría	aunaríamos	aunaríais	aunarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	aúne	aúnestú aunésvos2	aúne	aunemos	aunéis	aúnen
	imperfect (ra)	aunara	aunaras	aunara	aunáramos	aunarais	aunaran
	imperfect (se)	aunase	aunases	aunase	aunásemos	aunaseis	aunasen
	future1	aunare	aunares	aunare	aunáremos	aunareis	aunaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aúnatú aunávos	aúne	aunemos	aunad	aúnen
	negative		no aúnes	no aúne	no aunemos	no aunéis	no aúnen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of aunar (u-ú alternation)

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive aunar	dative	aunarme	aunarte	aunarle, aunarse	aunarnos	aunaros	aunarles, aunarse
	accusative	aunarme	aunarte	aunarlo, aunarla, aunarse	aunarnos	aunaros	aunarlos, aunarlas, aunarse
with gerund aunando	dative	aunándome	aunándote	aunándole, aunándose	aunándonos	aunándoos	aunándoles, aunándose
	accusative	aunándome	aunándote	aunándolo, aunándola, aunándose	aunándonos	aunándoos	aunándolos, aunándolas, aunándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative aúna	dative	aúname	aúnate	aúnale	aúnanos	not used	aúnales
	accusative	aúname	aúnate	aúnalo, aúnala	aúnanos	not used	aúnalos, aúnalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative auná	dative	auname	aunate	aunale	aunanos	not used	aunales
	accusative	auname	aunate	aunalo, aunala	aunanos	not used	aunalos, aunalas
with formal second-person singular imperative aúne	dative	aúneme	not used	aúnele, aúnese	aúnenos	not used	aúneles
	accusative	aúneme	not used	aúnelo, aúnela, aúnese	aúnenos	not used	aúnelos, aúnelas
with first-person plural imperative aunemos	dative	not used	aunémoste	aunémosle	aunémonos	aunémoos	aunémosles
	accusative	not used	aunémoste	aunémoslo, aunémosla	aunémonos	aunémoos	aunémoslos, aunémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative aunad	dative	aunadme	not used	aunadle	aunadnos	aunaos	aunadles
	accusative	aunadme	not used	aunadlo, aunadla	aunadnos	aunaos	aunadlos, aunadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aúnen	dative	aúnenme	not used	aúnenle	aúnennos	not used	aúnenles, aúnense
	accusative	aúnenme	not used	aúnenlo, aúnenla	aúnennos	not used	aúnenlos, aúnenlas, aúnense

Further reading

• “aunar”, 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