"-an" meaning in Spanish

See -an in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Latin -ant, the third-person plural present active indicative ending of first conjugation verbs. Cognate with Asturian and Catalan -en, French -ent, Italian -ano, Portuguese -am, Romanian -ă. Etymology templates: {{inh|es|la|-ant}} Latin -ant, {{cog|ast|-}} Asturian, {{cog|ca|-en}} Catalan -en, {{cog|fr|-ent}} French -ent, {{cog|it|-ano}} Italian -ano, {{cog|pt|-am}} Portuguese -am, {{cog|ro|-ă}} Romanian -ă Head templates: {{head|es|suffix form}} -an
  1. third-person plural present indicative of -ar Tags: form-of, indicative, morpheme, plural, present, third-person Form of: -ar
    Sense id: en--an-es-suffix-2rCb6rlk Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 22 32 7 32 7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Etymology: From Latin -eant, Latin -ant, and Latin -iant, the third-person plural present active subjunctive endings of second, third, and fourth conjugation verbs, respectively. Etymology templates: {{inh|es|la|-eant}} Latin -eant, {{inh|es|la|-ant}} Latin -ant, {{inh|es|la|-iant}} Latin -iant Head templates: {{head|es|suffix form}} -an
  1. inflection of -er:
    third-person plural present subjunctive     Tags: form-of, morpheme, plural, present, subjunctive, third-person Form of: -er
    Sense id: en--an-es-suffix-QnWjUSY8 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 22 32 7 32 7
  2. inflection of -er:
    third-person plural imperative     Tags: form-of, imperative, morpheme, plural, third-person Form of: -er
    Sense id: en--an-es-suffix-8hK3W0S6
  3. inflection of -ir:
    third-person plural present subjunctive     Tags: form-of, morpheme, plural, present, subjunctive, third-person Form of: -ir
    Sense id: en--an-es-suffix-~Q7ledU- Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 22 32 7 32 7
  4. inflection of -ir:
    third-person plural imperative     Tags: form-of, imperative, morpheme, plural, third-person Form of: -ir
    Sense id: en--an-es-suffix-zDsgIpsn
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: -en
Etymology number: 2
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