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llenar

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: lle‧nar

Etymology 1

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From lleno (full) +‎ -ar.[1]

Verb

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llenar (first-person singular present lleno, first-person singular preterite llené, past participle llenado)

  1. (transitive) to fill something up
    Synonyms: colmar, rellenar
  2. (transitive) to fill out or complete a form
    Synonym: rellenar
    Por favor llene este formulario.
    Please fill out this form.
  3. (transitive) to complete a group
    Synonym: completar
  4. (intransitive, rare, of the moon) to become full
  5. (pronominal, colloquial) to gorge, to chow down
  6. (ambitransitive, pronominal, colloquial) to smear, soil, stain (something or someone); to become smeared, dirty, stained.
    Synonyms: poner, manchar
    Me llené las de pintura.
    I smeared my hands with paint.
    Mis manos se llenaron de lodo por jugar en el suelo.
    My hands got soiled with mud because of playing on the ground.
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Italian genare.

Verb

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llenar (first-person singular present lleno, first-person singular preterite llené, past participle llenado)

  1. (transitive, chiefly Cuba and Uruguay, rare in Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Argentina) to bother, to tire
    Synonym: molestar

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Coromines, Joan (2011), Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN

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