afinar

a- +‎ fi +‎ -ar

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ə.fiˈna/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.fiˈnaɾ/
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

afinar (first-person singular present afino, past participle afinat)

1. (transitive) to refine
2. (transitive) to tune (to modify a musical instrument)
3. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to approach

• afinador
• afinament
• afinat

• “afinar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “afinar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “afinar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “afinar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

afinar (first-person singular present afino, first-person singular preterite afinei, past participle afinado)

1. (transitive) to refine
2. (transitive) to tune (to modify a musical instrument)

• fino

• “afinar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.

afinar (Latin spelling)

1. to let (someone) starve

From a- +‎ fino +‎ -ar, influenced by French affiner.[1]

afinar (first-person singular present afino, first-person singular preterite afinei, past participle afinado)

1. (transitive) to thin (to make thinner)

   Synonym: adelgaçar

2. (intransitive) to thin (to become thinner)

   Synonym: adelgaçar

3. (music) to tune (to modify a musical instrument)

• desafinar

• fino

• “afinar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

From fino. Compare archaic English affine (“to refine”).

• IPA^(key): /afiˈnaɾ/ [a.fiˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧fi‧nar

afinar (first-person singular present afino, first-person singular preterite afiné, past participle afinado)

1. (transitive) to refine, to fine-tune
2. (transitive) to tune (to modify a musical instrument)

   Synonym: entonar

• “afinar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014