anular

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ānulāris.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

anular m or f (masculine and feminine plural anulars)

1. annular
2. (relational) ring

Related terms

• anell

Noun

anular m (plural anulars)

1. ring finger

   Synonyms: dit de l'anell, dit gandul

   Coordinate terms: polze, índex, dit del cor, menovell

Further reading

• “anular”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin anularis.

Adjective

anular m or f (plural anulares)

1. annular, ring-shaped

Related terms

• anel

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin annūllāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.nuˈla(ʁ)/ [a.nuˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.nuˈla(ʁ)/ [a.nuˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.nuˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.nuˈla(ʁ)/ [a.nuˈla(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.nuˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.nuˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.nuˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.nuˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧nu‧lar

Verb

anular (first-person singular present anulo, first-person singular preterite anulei, past participle anulado)

1. to annul, repeal, revoke
2. to cancel

Conjugation

    Conjugation of anular (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	anular
Personal	anular	anulares	anular	anularmos	anulardes	anularem
Gerund
	anulando
Past participle
Masculine	anulado			anulados
Feminine	anulada			anuladas
Indicative
Present	anulo	anulas	anula	anulamos	anulais	anulam
Imperfect	anulava	anulavas	anulava	anulávamos	anuláveis	anulavam
Preterite	anulei	anulaste	anulou	anulamos1, anulámos2	anulastes	anularam
Pluperfect	anulara	anularas	anulara	anuláramos	anuláreis	anularam
Future	anularei	anularás	anulará	anularemos	anulareis	anularão
Conditional	anularia	anularias	anularia	anularíamos	anularíeis	anulariam
Subjunctive
Present	anule	anules	anule	anulemos	anuleis	anulem
Imperfect	anulasse	anulasses	anulasse	anulássemos	anulásseis	anulassem
Future	anular	anulares	anular	anularmos	anulardes	anularem
Imperative
Affirmative		anula	anule	anulemos	anulai	anulem
Negative (não)		não anules	não anule	não anulemos	não anuleis	não anulem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin ānulāris.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.nuˈlaʁ/ [a.nuˈlah]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.nuˈlaʁ/ [a.nuˈlah]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.nuˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.nuˈlaʁ/ [a.nuˈlaχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.nuˈlaɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.nuˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.nuˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.nuˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧nu‧lar

Adjective

anular m or f (plural anulares)

1. annular (relating to or shaped like a ring)

   Synonym: anelar

Further reading

• “anular”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French annulaire.

Adjective

anular m or n (feminine singular anulară, masculine plural anulari, feminine/neuter plural anulare)

1. annular

Declension

Declension of anular

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	anular		anulară	anulari	anulare
	definite	anularul		anulara	anularii	anularele
genitive- dative	indefinite	anular		anulare	anulari	anulare
	definite	anularului		anularei	anularilor	anularelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anuˈlaɾ/ [a.nuˈlaɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧nu‧lar

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin ānulāris.

Adjective

anular m or f (masculine and feminine plural anulares)

1. annular, ring-shaped

Noun

anular m (plural anulares)

1. ring finger

   Synonym: dedo anular

Related terms

• anillo

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin annulāre.

Verb

anular (first-person singular present anulo, first-person singular preterite anulé, past participle anulado)

1. to annul
2. to cancel, call off
3. (reflexive) to vanish

   En ese punto del eje, la función se anula

   At this point of the axis, the function vanishes

Conjugation

    Conjugation of anular (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			anular
gerund			anulando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		anulado		anulada
		plural		anulados		anuladas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	anulo	anulastú anulásvos	anula	anulamos	anuláis	anulan
	imperfect	anulaba	anulabas	anulaba	anulábamos	anulabais	anulaban
	preterite	anulé	anulaste	anuló	anulamos	anulasteis	anularon
	future	anularé	anularás	anulará	anularemos	anularéis	anularán
	conditional	anularía	anularías	anularía	anularíamos	anularíais	anularían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	anule	anulestú anulésvos2	anule	anulemos	anuléis	anulen
	imperfect (ra)	anulara	anularas	anulara	anuláramos	anularais	anularan
	imperfect (se)	anulase	anulases	anulase	anulásemos	anulaseis	anulasen
	future1	anulare	anulares	anulare	anuláremos	anulareis	anularen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		anulatú anulávos	anule	anulemos	anulad	anulen
	negative		no anules	no anule	no anulemos	no anuléis	no anulen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of anular

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive anular	dative	anularme	anularte	anularle, anularse	anularnos	anularos	anularles, anularse
	accusative	anularme	anularte	anularlo, anularla, anularse	anularnos	anularos	anularlos, anularlas, anularse
with gerund anulando	dative	anulándome	anulándote	anulándole, anulándose	anulándonos	anulándoos	anulándoles, anulándose
	accusative	anulándome	anulándote	anulándolo, anulándola, anulándose	anulándonos	anulándoos	anulándolos, anulándolas, anulándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative anula	dative	anúlame	anúlate	anúlale	anúlanos	not used	anúlales
	accusative	anúlame	anúlate	anúlalo, anúlala	anúlanos	not used	anúlalos, anúlalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative anulá	dative	anulame	anulate	anulale	anulanos	not used	anulales
	accusative	anulame	anulate	anulalo, anulala	anulanos	not used	anulalos, anulalas
with formal second-person singular imperative anule	dative	anúleme	not used	anúlele, anúlese	anúlenos	not used	anúleles
	accusative	anúleme	not used	anúlelo, anúlela, anúlese	anúlenos	not used	anúlelos, anúlelas
with first-person plural imperative anulemos	dative	not used	anulémoste	anulémosle	anulémonos	anulémoos	anulémosles
	accusative	not used	anulémoste	anulémoslo, anulémosla	anulémonos	anulémoos	anulémoslos, anulémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative anulad	dative	anuladme	not used	anuladle	anuladnos	anulaos	anuladles
	accusative	anuladme	not used	anuladlo, anuladla	anuladnos	anulaos	anuladlos, anuladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative anulen	dative	anúlenme	not used	anúlenle	anúlennos	not used	anúlenles, anúlense
	accusative	anúlenme	not used	anúlenlo, anúlenla	anúlennos	not used	anúlenlos, anúlenlas, anúlense

Derived terms

• anulable
• anulación

Further reading

• “anular”, 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