anar

See also: Anar, Anár, añar, ānar, and -anar

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin andāre, of uncertain origin. Most forms in the present tenses were contaminated by vādere, with the expected first person singular *ano, second person singular *anes, third person singular *ana, and third person singular *anen in the present indicative and their present subjunctive counterparts (*ani, *anis, *ani, and *anin, in the same order), are obsolete due to contamination from vādere, and īre contaminated the future root (and thus the future and conditional), resulting in *anir- instead of *anar-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈna]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aˈnaɾ]

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Verb

anar (first-person singular present vaig, first-person singular preterite aní, past participle anat)

1. to go
2. (auxiliary verb, taking an infinitive) forms the periphrastic preterite; see usage notes below for more information

   Ahir vaig parlar amb ma germana.

   Yesterday, I spoke with my sister.

3. (reflexive, pronominal) to go away, to leave requires a reflexive pronoun according the subject, and the appropriate form of the adverbial pronoun en

   apa, me'n vaig ― so, I'm leaving

   Se'n va anar ― She went away. (a song title)

Usage notes

• The second set of conjugations is used along with the infinitive of another verb in order to form the "periphrastic past" (passat perifràstic), an analytical construction equivalent in terms of tense and aspect to the simple preterite. For example, vaig cantar bears the same meaning as cantí ('I sang').

The indicative forms of the auxiliary, except for the third-person singular, may be reinforced with -re-, but, in the standard language, only when the corresponding normal first-conjugation simple preterite endings have it. For example, the standard language permits vares cantar for use instead of vas cantar but not *vàreig cantar instead of vaig cantar; compare the typical second-person singular ending -ares with its first-person singular equivalent -í. The subjunctive forms are literary and only sporadically occur, and so rather than the periphrastic past subjunctive, it is typical for the imperfect subjunctive to be used (therefore cantés rather than vagi cantar, for example), despite the demand for the perfective aspect.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of anar (first conjugation, irregular, as full verb)

infinitive			anar
gerund			anant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		anat		anada
		plural		anats		anades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vaig	vas	va	anem	aneu	van
	imperfect	anava	anaves	anava	anàvem	anàveu	anaven
	future	aniré	aniràs	anirà	anirem	anireu	aniran
	preterite	aní	anares	anà	anàrem	anàreu	anaren
	conditional	aniria	aniries	aniria	aniríem	aniríeu	anirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vagi	vagis	vagi	anem	aneu	vagin
	imperfect	anés	anessis	anés	anéssim	anéssiu	anessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	ves	vagi	anem	aneu	vagin
	negative (no)	—	no vagis	no vagi	no anem	no aneu	no vagin

    Conjugation of anar (first conjugation, irregular, as auxiliary)

infinitive			anar
gerund			—
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		—		—
		plural		—		—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vaig	vas, vares	va	vam, vàrem	vau, vàreu	van, varen
	imperfect	—	—	—	—	—	—
	future	—	—	—	—	—	—
	preterite	—	—	—	—	—	—
	conditional	—	—	—	—	—	—
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vagi	vagis	vagi	vàgim	vàgiu	vagin
	imperfect	—	—	—	—	—	—
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	—	—	—	—	—
	negative (no)	—	—	—	—	—	—

    (Valencian) Conjugation of anar (first conjugation, auxiliary)

person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	vaig	vas vares	va	vam vàrem	vau vàreu	van varen
subjunctive	jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	vaja	vages	vaja	vàgem	vàgeu	vagen

Derived terms

• anada
• anar a mal borràs
• anar a parar
• anar-se'n

Further reading

• “anar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “anar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “anar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “anar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• Gramàtica de la llengua catalana.

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

anar (plural anars)

1. anarchist

Guyanese Creole English

Anar

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi अनार (anār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑnɑːr/

Noun

anar

1. pomegranate

References

• Samad, Daizal R., Harripersaud, Ashwannie (2023) A Dictionary of Guyanese Words and Expressions, Blue Rose Publishers, →ISBN, page 2

Kott

Alternative forms

• ānar

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔan- "haunch". Compare Arin an and Pumpokol aniŋ "legs".

Noun

anar

1. haunch

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan anar, annar, from Early Medieval Latin andāre, of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

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Verb

anar

1. to go

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		anar			aver anat
gerund		anant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		anat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	vau	vas	va	anèm	anètz	van
	imperfect	anavi	anavas	anava	anàvem	anàvetz	anavan
	preterite	anèri	anères	anèt	anèrem	anèretz	anèron
	future	anarai	anaràs	anarà	anarem	anaretz	anaràn
	conditional	anariái	anariás	anariá	anariam	anariatz	anarián
	conditional 2nd form1
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	ane	anes	ane	anem	anetz	anen
	imperfect	anèssi	anèsses	anèsse	anèssem	anèssetz	anèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			vai		anem	anatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Swedish

Verb

anar

1. present indicative of ana

Anagrams

• -arna

Tetum

Etymology

If from *aran, then from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qajeŋ. Compare Javanese areng.

Noun

anar

1. fresh coal