abanar
Portuguese, verb/a.baˈna(ʁ)/
abanar is spelled A-B-A-N-A-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,057th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Abanar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to wag” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “agitar o ar com abano”.
What does abanar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to wag
- 2
to fan
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. agitar o ar com abano 2. ventilar com abano ou leque 3. dar abanões a 4. agitar ou sacudir continuamente
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of abanar
- abano first-person present singular
- abanei first-person preterite singular
- abanado participle past
- abanares infinitive second-person singular
- abanarmos first-person infinitive plural
- abanardes infinitive plural second-person
- abanarem infinitive plural third-person
- abanando gerund
- abanados masculine participle past
- abanada feminine participle past
- abanadas feminine participle past
- abanas indicative present second-person
- abana indicative present singular
- abanamos first-person indicative plural
- abanais indicative plural present
- abanam indicative plural present
- abanava first-person imperfect indicative
- abanavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce abanar?
- Brazil /a.baˈna(ʁ)/
- Brazil [a.baˈna(h)]
- /a.baˈna(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to abanar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is abanar in Portuguese?
abanar appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).