gañir
Spanish, verb/ɡaˈɲiɾ/
gañir is spelled G-A-Ñ-I-R (5 letters). Gañir is a Spanish verb meaning “to yelp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Producir el perro y otros animales gritos agudos y repetidos de dolor”.
What does gañir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to yelp
- 2
to caw
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Producir el perro y otros animales gritos agudos y repetidos de dolor 2. Producir el cuervo, el grajo u otra ave semejante su sonido típico, ronco y estridente 3. Respirar una persona con ruido y vehemencia
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 gañir
- gaño first-person present singular
- gañí first-person preterite singular
- gañido participle past
- gañendo gerund
- gañida feminine participle past
- gañidos masculine participle past
- gañidas feminine participle past
- gañes indicative informal present
- gañís indicative informal present
- gañe indicative present singular
- gañimos first-person indicative plural
- gañen indicative plural present
- gañía first-person imperfect indicative
- gañías imperfect indicative second-person
- gañíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- gañíais imperfect indicative plural
- gañían imperfect indicative plural
- gañiste indicative preterite second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gañir?
- /ɡaˈɲiɾ/
- [ɡaˈɲiɾ]
- [gaˈɲiɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gañir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.