afanar
Spanish, verb/afaˈnaɾ/
afanar is spelled A-F-A-N-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 82,716th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Afanar is a Spanish verb meaning “to steal, pinch” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Poner mucho énfasis, empeño e interés a un trabajo o tarea”.
What does afanar mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto steal, pinch
Ese taxista me quiso afanar.
- 2
to be busy
- 3
to toil, to work hard
se afanó para conquistar su independencia
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner mucho énfasis, empeño e interés a un trabajo o tarea. 2. Hacer diligencias con vehemente anhelo para conseguir alguna cosa. 3. Trabajar utilizando el cuerpo, como los jornaleros.
verb: 1. Trabajar a una persona, traerle apurado. 2. Robar sin violencia y con habilidad.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of afanar
- afano first-person present singular
- afané first-person preterite singular
- afanado participle past
- afanando gerund
- afanada feminine participle past
- afanados masculine participle past
- afanadas feminine participle past
- afanas indicative informal present
- afanás indicative informal present
- afana indicative present singular
- afanamos first-person indicative plural
- afanáis indicative plural present
- afanan indicative plural present
- afanaba first-person imperfect indicative
- afanabas imperfect indicative second-person
- afanábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- afanabais imperfect indicative plural
- afanaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce afanar?
- /afaˈnaɾ/
- [a.faˈnaɾ]
- [afaˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to afanar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is afanar in Spanish?
afanar appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).