airear

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish airer n (“delight, satisfaction, pleasure”).

Noun

airear m (genitive singular airir)

1. (literary) satisfaction, pleasure, delight

Declension

Declension of airear (first declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative airear vocative a airir genitive airir dative airear forms with the definite article singular nominative an t-airear genitive an airir dative leis an airear don airear

Etymology 2

Noun

airear m (genitive singular airir, nominative plural airir)

1. alternative form of oirear (“coast, coastal region; border, border region, frontier”)

Declension

Declension of airear (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative airear airir vocative a airir a aireara genitive airir airear dative airear airir forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-airear na hairir genitive an airir na n-airear dative leis an airear don airear leis na hairir

Mutation

Mutated forms of airear

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
airear	n-airear	hairear	t-airear

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “airear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 airer (‘coast; border region’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 airer (‘delight, satisfaction, pleasure’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-

Proto-Indo-European *-r

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér

Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr

Ancient Greek ᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)bor.

Latin āēr

Old Spanish ayre

Spanish aire

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Latin -izāre

Spanish -ear

Spanish airear

From aire + -ear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aiɾeˈaɾ/ [ai̯.ɾeˈaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ai‧re‧ar

Verb

airear (first-person singular present aireo, first-person singular preterite aireé, past participle aireado)

1. to air (to bring into contact with the air)

   Synonym: ventilar

2. (reflexive) to get some fresh air

Conjugation

    Conjugation of airear (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			airear
gerund			aireando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aireado		aireada
		plural		aireados		aireadas
		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	aireo	aireastú aireásvos	airea	aireamos	aireáis	airean
	imperfect	aireaba	aireabas	aireaba	aireábamos	aireabais	aireaban
	preterite	aireé	aireaste	aireó	aireamos	aireasteis	airearon
	future	airearé	airearás	aireará	airearemos	airearéis	airearán
	conditional	airearía	airearías	airearía	airearíamos	airearíais	airearían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	airee	aireestú aireésvos2	airee	aireemos	aireéis	aireen
	imperfect (ra)	aireara	airearas	aireara	aireáramos	airearais	airearan
	imperfect (se)	airease	aireases	airease	aireásemos	aireaseis	aireasen
	future1	aireare	aireares	aireare	aireáremos	aireareis	airearen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aireatú aireávos	airee	aireemos	airead	aireen
	negative		no airees	no airee	no aireemos	no aireéis	no aireen

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

    Selected combined forms of airear

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 airear	dative	airearme	airearte	airearle, airearse	airearnos	airearos	airearles, airearse
	accusative	airearme	airearte	airearlo, airearla, airearse	airearnos	airearos	airearlos, airearlas, airearse
with gerund aireando	dative	aireándome	aireándote	aireándole, aireándose	aireándonos	aireándoos	aireándoles, aireándose
	accusative	aireándome	aireándote	aireándolo, aireándola, aireándose	aireándonos	aireándoos	aireándolos, aireándolas, aireándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative airea	dative	airéame	airéate	airéale	airéanos	not used	airéales
	accusative	airéame	airéate	airéalo, airéala	airéanos	not used	airéalos, airéalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative aireá	dative	aireame	aireate	aireale	aireanos	not used	aireales
	accusative	aireame	aireate	airealo, aireala	aireanos	not used	airealos, airealas
with formal second-person singular imperative airee	dative	airéeme	not used	airéele, airéese	airéenos	not used	airéeles
	accusative	airéeme	not used	airéelo, airéela, airéese	airéenos	not used	airéelos, airéelas
with first-person plural imperative aireemos	dative	not used	aireémoste	aireémosle	aireémonos	aireémoos	aireémosles
	accusative	not used	aireémoste	aireémoslo, aireémosla	aireémonos	aireémoos	aireémoslos, aireémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative airead	dative	aireadme	not used	aireadle	aireadnos	aireaos	aireadles
	accusative	aireadme	not used	aireadlo, aireadla	aireadnos	aireaos	aireadlos, aireadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aireen	dative	airéenme	not used	airéenle	airéennos	not used	airéenles, airéense
	accusative	airéenme	not used	airéenlo, airéenla	airéennos	not used	airéenlos, airéenlas, airéense

Derived terms

• aireación
• aireador

Further reading

• “airear”, 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