abanicar

Galician

Etymology

From abanar (“to fan, wag”) + -icar (frequentative).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaniˈkaɾ/ [a.β̞a.niˈkɑɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Hyphenation: a‧ba‧ni‧car

Verb

abanicar (first-person singular present abanico, first-person singular preterite abaniquei, past participle abanicado)

1. to fan

   Synonym: abanar

2. to wag, shake, swing

   Synonyms: abalar, randear

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abanicar (c-qu alternation)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	abanicar
Personal	abanicar	abanicares	abanicar	abanicarmos	abanicardes	abanicaren
Gerund
	abanicando
Past participle
Masculine	abanicado			abanicados
Feminine	abanicada			abanicadas
Indicative
Present	abanico	abanicas	abanica	abanicamos	abanicades	abanican
Imperfect	abanicaba	abanicabas	abanicaba	abanicabamos	abanicabades	abanicaban
Preterite	abaniquei	abanicaches	abanicou	abanicamos	abanicastes	abanicaron
Pluperfect	abanicara	abanicaras	abanicara	abanicaramos	abanicarades	abanicaran
Future	abanicarei	abanicarás	abanicará	abanicaremos	abanicaredes	abanicarán
Conditional	abanicaría	abanicarías	abanicaría	abanicariamos	abanicariades	abanicarían
Subjunctive
Present	abanique	abaniques	abanique	abaniquemos	abaniquedes	abaniquen
Imperfect	abanicase	abanicases	abanicase	abanicásemos	abanicásedes	abanicasen
Future	abanicar	abanicares	abanicar	abanicarmos	abanicardes	abanicaren
Imperative
Affirmative		abanica	abanique	abaniquemos	abanicade	abaniquen
Negative (non)		non abaniques	non abanique	non abaniquemos	non abaniquedes	non abaniquen

    Reintegrated conjugation of abanicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	abanicar
Personal	abanicar	abanicares	abanicar	abanicarmos	abanicardes	abanicarem
Gerund
	abanicando
Past participle
Masculine	abanicado			abanicados
Feminine	abanicada			abanicadas
Indicative
Present	abanico	abanicas	abanica	abanicamos	abanicades, abanicais	abanicam
Imperfect	abanicava	abanicavas	abanicava	abanicávamos	abanicávades, abanicáveis, abanicávais1	abanicavam
Preterite	abaniquei	abanicaste, abanicache1	abanicou	abanicamos	abanicastes	abanicárom, abanicaram
Pluperfect	abanicara	abanicaras	abanicara	abanicáramos	abanicárades, abanicáreis, abanicárais1	abanicaram
Future	abanicarei	abanicarás	abanicará	abanicaremos	abanicaredes, abanicareis	abanicarám, abanicarão
Conditional	abanicaria	abanicarias	abanicaria	abanicaríamos	abanicaríades, abanicaríeis, abanicaríais1	abanicariam
Subjunctive
Present	abanique	abaniques	abanique	abaniquemos	abaniquedes, abaniqueis	abaniquem
Imperfect	abanicasse	abanicasses	abanicasse	abanicássemos	abanicássedes, abanicásseis	abanicassem
Future	abanicar	abanicares	abanicar	abanicarmos	abanicardes	abanicarem
Imperative
Affirmative		abanica	abanique	abaniquemos	abanicade, abanicai	abaniquem
Negative (nom)		nom abaniques	nom abanique	nom abaniquemos	nom abaniquedes, nom abaniqueis	nom abaniquem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• abanico

Related terms

• abanar
• abanear
• abano
• baneiro

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “abanicar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “abanicar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “abanicar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “abanicar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Galician abanar

Galician -icar

Galician abanicarbor.

Spanish abanicar

Borrowed from Galician abanicar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abaniˈkaɾ/ [a.β̞a.niˈkaɾ]

• Audio (Spain):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧ni‧car

Verb

abanicar (first-person singular present abanico, first-person singular preterite abaniqué, past participle abanicado)

1. (transitive) to fan (to blow air on something by means of a fan)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abanicar (c-qu alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			abanicar
gerund			abanicando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abanicado		abanicada
		plural		abanicados		abanicadas
		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	abanico	abanicastú abanicásvos	abanica	abanicamos	abanicáis	abanican
	imperfect	abanicaba	abanicabas	abanicaba	abanicábamos	abanicabais	abanicaban
	preterite	abaniqué	abanicaste	abanicó	abanicamos	abanicasteis	abanicaron
	future	abanicaré	abanicarás	abanicará	abanicaremos	abanicaréis	abanicarán
	conditional	abanicaría	abanicarías	abanicaría	abanicaríamos	abanicaríais	abanicarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abanique	abaniquestú abaniquésvos2	abanique	abaniquemos	abaniquéis	abaniquen
	imperfect (ra)	abanicara	abanicaras	abanicara	abanicáramos	abanicarais	abanicaran
	imperfect (se)	abanicase	abanicases	abanicase	abanicásemos	abanicaseis	abanicasen
	future1	abanicare	abanicares	abanicare	abanicáremos	abanicareis	abanicaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		abanicatú abanicávos	abanique	abaniquemos	abanicad	abaniquen
	negative		no abaniques	no abanique	no abaniquemos	no abaniquéis	no abaniquen

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

    Selected combined forms of abanicar (c-qu 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 abanicar	dative	abanicarme	abanicarte	abanicarle, abanicarse	abanicarnos	abanicaros	abanicarles, abanicarse
	accusative	abanicarme	abanicarte	abanicarlo, abanicarla, abanicarse	abanicarnos	abanicaros	abanicarlos, abanicarlas, abanicarse
with gerund abanicando	dative	abanicándome	abanicándote	abanicándole, abanicándose	abanicándonos	abanicándoos	abanicándoles, abanicándose
	accusative	abanicándome	abanicándote	abanicándolo, abanicándola, abanicándose	abanicándonos	abanicándoos	abanicándolos, abanicándolas, abanicándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative abanica	dative	abanícame	abanícate	abanícale	abanícanos	not used	abanícales
	accusative	abanícame	abanícate	abanícalo, abanícala	abanícanos	not used	abanícalos, abanícalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative abanicá	dative	abanicame	abanicate	abanicale	abanicanos	not used	abanicales
	accusative	abanicame	abanicate	abanicalo, abanicala	abanicanos	not used	abanicalos, abanicalas
with formal second-person singular imperative abanique	dative	abaníqueme	not used	abaníquele, abaníquese	abaníquenos	not used	abaníqueles
	accusative	abaníqueme	not used	abaníquelo, abaníquela, abaníquese	abaníquenos	not used	abaníquelos, abaníquelas
with first-person plural imperative abaniquemos	dative	not used	abaniquémoste	abaniquémosle	abaniquémonos	abaniquémoos	abaniquémosles
	accusative	not used	abaniquémoste	abaniquémoslo, abaniquémosla	abaniquémonos	abaniquémoos	abaniquémoslos, abaniquémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative abanicad	dative	abanicadme	not used	abanicadle	abanicadnos	abanicaos	abanicadles
	accusative	abanicadme	not used	abanicadlo, abanicadla	abanicadnos	abanicaos	abanicadlos, abanicadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative abaniquen	dative	abaníquenme	not used	abaníquenle	abaníquennos	not used	abaníquenles, abaníquense
	accusative	abaníquenme	not used	abaníquenlo, abaníquenla	abaníquennos	not used	abaníquenlos, abaníquenlas, abaníquense

Related terms

• abanar
• abanico

Further reading

• “abanicar”, 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