asinar

Galician

Alternative forms

• aseñar, asiñar

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese sinar ("to sign", 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin signāre (“to mark”). Cognate with Portuguese assinar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asiˈnaɾ/

Verb

asinar (first-person singular present asino, first-person singular preterite asinei, past participle asinado)

1. to sign
   • 1316, Anselmo López Carreira, Documentos do arquivo da catedral de Ourense (1289-1399), doc. 114:

     hun estromento feyto por Johan Fernandes notario desse lugar e sinado do seu sinal

     an instrument made by Xoán Fernández, notary of that place, and signed with his sign

   Synonyms: firmar, rubricar

2. (takes a reflexive pronoun, archaic, Christianity) to cross oneself (to make the sign of the cross over oneself)

   Synonym: persignar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of asinar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	asinar
Personal	asinar	asinares	asinar	asinarmos	asinardes	asinaren
Gerund
	asinando
Past participle
Masculine	asinado			asinados
Feminine	asinada			asinadas
Indicative
Present	asino	asinas	asina	asinamos	asinades	asinan
Imperfect	asinaba	asinabas	asinaba	asinabamos	asinabades	asinaban
Preterite	asinei	asinaches	asinou	asinamos	asinastes	asinaron
Pluperfect	asinara	asinaras	asinara	asinaramos	asinarades	asinaran
Future	asinarei	asinarás	asinará	asinaremos	asinaredes	asinarán
Conditional	asinaría	asinarías	asinaría	asinariamos	asinariades	asinarían
Subjunctive
Present	asine	asines	asine	asinemos	asinedes	asinen
Imperfect	asinase	asinases	asinase	asinásemos	asinásedes	asinasen
Future	asinar	asinares	asinar	asinarmos	asinardes	asinaren
Imperative
Affirmative		asina	asine	asinemos	asinade	asinen
Negative (non)		non asines	non asine	non asinemos	non asinedes	non asinen

Related terms

• asignar
• signo
• sinal
• sinalar
• sinatura

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese assinar ("to assign", 13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin assignāre (“to assign”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /asiˈnaɾ/

Verb

asinar (first-person singular present asino, first-person singular preterite asinei, past participle asinado)

1. to mark

   Synonyms: marcar, sinalar

2. to assign, designate

   Synonym: asignar

3. to catch fish

Conjugation

    Conjugation of asinar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	asinar
Personal	asinar	asinares	asinar	asinarmos	asinardes	asinaren
Gerund
	asinando
Past participle
Masculine	asinado			asinados
Feminine	asinada			asinadas
Indicative
Present	asino	asinas	asina	asinamos	asinades	asinan
Imperfect	asinaba	asinabas	asinaba	asinabamos	asinabades	asinaban
Preterite	asinei	asinaches	asinou	asinamos	asinastes	asinaron
Pluperfect	asinara	asinaras	asinara	asinaramos	asinarades	asinaran
Future	asinarei	asinarás	asinará	asinaremos	asinaredes	asinarán
Conditional	asinaría	asinarías	asinaría	asinariamos	asinariades	asinarían
Subjunctive
Present	asine	asines	asine	asinemos	asinedes	asinen
Imperfect	asinase	asinases	asinase	asinásemos	asinásedes	asinasen
Future	asinar	asinares	asinar	asinarmos	asinardes	asinaren
Imperative
Affirmative		asina	asine	asinemos	asinade	asinen
Negative (non)		non asines	non asine	non asinemos	non asinedes	non asinen

References

• “sinar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “assinar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “sinar” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “asinar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “asinar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “asinar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.