amañar
Spanish, verb/amaˈɲaɾ/
amañar is spelled A-M-A-Ñ-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 83,712th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amañar is a Spanish verb meaning “to rig, fix, meddle with” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Componer mañosamente (con artificio o astucia) alguna cosa”.
What does amañar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to rig, fix, meddle with
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Poner algo a la mano, a disposición, listo para usarse o accederse; preparar.
verb: 1. Componer mañosamente (con artificio o astucia) alguna cosa. 2. Preparar o modificar algo con engaño; trucar o falsificar algo. 3. Arreglar, componer.
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 amañar
- amaño first-person present singular
- amañé first-person preterite singular
- amañado participle past
- amañando gerund
- amañada feminine participle past
- amañados masculine participle past
- amañadas feminine participle past
- amañas indicative informal present
- amañás indicative informal present
- amaña indicative present singular
- amañamos first-person indicative plural
- amañáis indicative plural present
- amañan indicative plural present
- amañaba first-person imperfect indicative
- amañabas imperfect indicative second-person
- amañábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- amañabais imperfect indicative plural
- amañaban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amañar?
- /amaˈɲaɾ/
- [a.maˈɲaɾ]
- [amaˈnaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amañar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amañar in Spanish?
amañar 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).