sanar

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin sanāre. Compare the inherited doublet sarar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈna(ʁ)/ [saˈna(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈnaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈnaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈna.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: sa‧nar

Verb

sanar (first-person singular present sano, first-person singular preterite sanei, past participle sanado)

1. (transitive) to cure; to heal (to restore to health)

   Synonyms: curar, sarar

   sanar dúvidas (idiomatic, Brazil) ― to answer questions

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sanar (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	sanar
Personal	sanar	sanares	sanar	sanarmos	sanardes	sanarem
Gerund
	sanando
Past participle
Masculine	sanado			sanados
Feminine	sanada			sanadas
Indicative
Present	sano	sanas	sana	sanamos	sanais	sanam
Imperfect	sanava	sanavas	sanava	sanávamos	sanáveis	sanavam
Preterite	sanei	sanaste	sanou	sanamos1, sanámos2	sanastes	sanaram
Pluperfect	sanara	sanaras	sanara	sanáramos	sanáreis	sanaram
Future	sanarei	sanarás	sanará	sanaremos	sanareis	sanarão
Conditional	sanaria	sanarias	sanaria	sanaríamos	sanaríeis	sanariam
Subjunctive
Present	sane	sanes	sane	sanemos	saneis	sanem
Imperfect	sanasse	sanasses	sanasse	sanássemos	sanásseis	sanassem
Future	sanar	sanares	sanar	sanarmos	sanardes	sanarem
Imperative
Affirmative		sana	sane	sanemos	sanai	sanem
Negative (não)		não sanes	não sane	não sanemos	não saneis	não sanem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• são

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish sanar, from Latin sanāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈnaɾ/ [saˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sa‧nar

Verb

sanar (first-person singular present sano, first-person singular preterite sané, past participle sanado)

1. (transitive) to cure; to heal
2. (intransitive) to recover (from an illness)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sanar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			sanar
gerund			sanando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sanado		sanada
		plural		sanados		sanadas
		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	sano	sanastú sanásvos	sana	sanamos	sanáis	sanan
	imperfect	sanaba	sanabas	sanaba	sanábamos	sanabais	sanaban
	preterite	sané	sanaste	sanó	sanamos	sanasteis	sanaron
	future	sanaré	sanarás	sanará	sanaremos	sanaréis	sanarán
	conditional	sanaría	sanarías	sanaría	sanaríamos	sanaríais	sanarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sane	sanestú sanésvos2	sane	sanemos	sanéis	sanen
	imperfect (ra)	sanara	sanaras	sanara	sanáramos	sanarais	sanaran
	imperfect (se)	sanase	sanases	sanase	sanásemos	sanaseis	sanasen
	future1	sanare	sanares	sanare	sanáremos	sanareis	sanaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sanatú sanávos	sane	sanemos	sanad	sanen
	negative		no sanes	no sane	no sanemos	no sanéis	no sanen

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

    Selected combined forms of sanar

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 sanar	dative	sanarme	sanarte	sanarle, sanarse	sanarnos	sanaros	sanarles, sanarse
	accusative	sanarme	sanarte	sanarlo, sanarla, sanarse	sanarnos	sanaros	sanarlos, sanarlas, sanarse
with gerund sanando	dative	sanándome	sanándote	sanándole, sanándose	sanándonos	sanándoos	sanándoles, sanándose
	accusative	sanándome	sanándote	sanándolo, sanándola, sanándose	sanándonos	sanándoos	sanándolos, sanándolas, sanándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative sana	dative	sáname	sánate	sánale	sánanos	not used	sánales
	accusative	sáname	sánate	sánalo, sánala	sánanos	not used	sánalos, sánalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative saná	dative	saname	sanate	sanale	sananos	not used	sanales
	accusative	saname	sanate	sanalo, sanala	sananos	not used	sanalos, sanalas
with formal second-person singular imperative sane	dative	sáneme	not used	sánele, sánese	sánenos	not used	sáneles
	accusative	sáneme	not used	sánelo, sánela, sánese	sánenos	not used	sánelos, sánelas
with first-person plural imperative sanemos	dative	not used	sanémoste	sanémosle	sanémonos	sanémoos	sanémosles
	accusative	not used	sanémoste	sanémoslo, sanémosla	sanémonos	sanémoos	sanémoslos, sanémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sanad	dative	sanadme	not used	sanadle	sanadnos	sanaos	sanadles
	accusative	sanadme	not used	sanadlo, sanadla	sanadnos	sanaos	sanadlos, sanadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sanen	dative	sánenme	not used	sánenle	sánennos	not used	sánenles, sánense
	accusative	sánenme	not used	sánenlo, sánenla	sánennos	not used	sánenlos, sánenlas, sánense

Related terms

• resanar
• sana, sana, colita de rana
• sanación
• sanador
• sano

Further reading

• “sanar”, 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