afinar

== Catalan == === Etymology === From a- +‎ fi +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ə.fiˈna] IPA(key): (Valencia) [a.fiˈnaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [a.fiˈna] Rhymes: -a(ɾ) === Verb === afinar (first-person singular present afino, first-person singular preterite afiní, past participle afinat) (transitive) to refine (transitive) to tune (to modify a musical instrument) (pronominal) to approach ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== afinador afinament afinat === Further reading === “afinar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “afinar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “afinar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “afinar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Galician == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /afiˈnaɾ/ [a.fiˈnaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Hyphenation: a‧fi‧nar === Verb === afinar (first-person singular present afino, first-person singular preterite afinei, past participle afinado) (transitive) to refine (transitive) to tune (to modify a musical instrument) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== fino === Further reading === “afinar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “afinar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Ladino == === Verb === afinar to let (someone) starve == Occitan == === Pronunciation === === Verb === afinar to refine to purify ==== Conjugation ==== === References === Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2026, page 28 == Portuguese == === Etymology === From a- +‎ fino +‎ -ar, influenced by French affiner. === Pronunciation === === Verb === afinar (first-person singular present afino, first-person singular preterite afinei, past participle afinado) (transitive) to thin (to make thinner) Synonym: adelgaçar (intransitive) to thin (to become thinner) Synonym: adelgaçar (music) to tune (to modify a musical instrument) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== desafinar ==== Related terms ==== fino ==== Descendants ==== Macanese: afinâ === References === === Further reading === “afinar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “afinar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913 “afinar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN “afinar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From fino. Compare archaic English affine (“to refine”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /afiˈnaɾ/ [a.fiˈnaɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: a‧fi‧nar === Verb === afinar (first-person singular present afino, first-person singular preterite afiné, past participle afinado) (transitive) to refine, to fine-tune (transitive) to tune (to modify a musical instrument) Synonym: entonar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “afinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025