abatanar

Spanish

Etymology

From a- + batán + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abataˈnaɾ/ [a.β̞a.t̪aˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧ta‧nar

Verb

abatanar (first-person singular present abatano, first-person singular preterite abatané, past participle abatanado)

1. (transitive) to full, mill (clothing)
2. (transitive, rare) to beat, hit, abase

Conjugation

    Conjugation of abatanar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			abatanar
gerund			abatanando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		abatanado		abatanada
		plural		abatanados		abatanadas
		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	abatano	abatanastú abatanásvos	abatana	abatanamos	abatanáis	abatanan
	imperfect	abatanaba	abatanabas	abatanaba	abatanábamos	abatanabais	abatanaban
	preterite	abatané	abatanaste	abatanó	abatanamos	abatanasteis	abatanaron
	future	abatanaré	abatanarás	abatanará	abatanaremos	abatanaréis	abatanarán
	conditional	abatanaría	abatanarías	abatanaría	abatanaríamos	abatanaríais	abatanarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	abatane	abatanestú abatanésvos2	abatane	abatanemos	abatanéis	abatanen
	imperfect (ra)	abatanara	abatanaras	abatanara	abatanáramos	abatanarais	abatanaran
	imperfect (se)	abatanase	abatanases	abatanase	abatanásemos	abatanaseis	abatanasen
	future1	abatanare	abatanares	abatanare	abatanáremos	abatanareis	abatanaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		abatanatú abatanávos	abatane	abatanemos	abatanad	abatanen
	negative		no abatanes	no abatane	no abatanemos	no abatanéis	no abatanen

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

Further reading

• “abatanar”, 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