amainar
[amajˈnaɾ]
The verdict
“amainar” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Recoger en todo o en parte las velas de una embarcación para que no camine tanto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-amainar · amainar · Spanish
amainar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | amainar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [amajˈnaɾ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “amainar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
amainar is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [amajˈnaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for amainar in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is amainar, spelled A-M-A-I-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1Recoger en todo o en parte las velas de una embarcación para que no camine tanto.
- 2Desviar o retirar los pozos de las cubas u otras vasijas que se emplean en ellos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how amainar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Empuñé el timón, pues perturbado el piloto por el vino, cual si estuviera en una bacanal, no se hallaba en estado de conocer el peligro que corría la nave; alenté a los asustados marineros, les hice amainar las velas, remaron esforzadamente, y aunque vimos de cerca los horrores de la muerte, burlamos todos los escollos».
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.