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From Old Leonese ganar, from Early Medieval Latin ganāre, q.v. Compare Spanish ganar.

ganar (first-person singular indicative present gano, past participle ganáu)

1. to win
2. to gain
3. to get, receive
4. to beat

Conjugation of ganar

ganar (present tense ganas, past tense ganis, future tense ganos, imperative ganez, conditional ganus)

1. to win, to earn

• perdar
• (nonstandard) gana

Inherited from Malay ganar.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡanar/ [ˈɡa.nar]
• Rhymes: -anar
• Syllabification: ga‧nar

ganar (comparative lebih ganar, superlative paling ganar)

1. dizzy, bewildered, confused
   Synonyms: bengong, bingung, hilang akal, mamang, mumet, nanar, pakau, pening, puyeng

• “ganar”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

ganar

1. to earn
2. to win

• IPA(key): /ˈɡanar/ [ˈɡa.nar]
• Rhymes: -anar, -nar, -ar
• Hyphenation: ga‧nar

Possibly borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?].

ganar (Jawi spelling ݢانر, comparative lebih ganar, superlative paling ganar)

1. dizzy, bewildered, confused
   Synonyms: bengong, bingung, celaru (Kedah), gugup, kacau, keliru, lemas pikir (figurative), maman, mamang, mumet, nanar, pening, puyeng, selirat

> Indonesian: ganar (inherited)

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ganar (Jawi spelling ݢانر, plural **ganar-ganar or **ganar2)

1. cannoneer
   Synonym: mitar (literary)

• “ganar”, in Kamus Dewan [The Institute Dictionary] (in Malay), Fourth edition, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2005, →ISBN
• "ganar" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [_Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)_] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Inherited from Old Spanish ganar, from Early Medieval Latin ganāre, q.v.

• IPA(key): /ɡaˈnaɾ/ [ɡaˈnaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ga‧nar

ganar (first-person singular present gano, first-person singular preterite gané, past participle ganado)

1. (transitive) to gain
   Synonym: obtener
   Antonym: perder
2. (transitive) to earn
   Synonym: granjear
   Antonym: perder
3. (sports) to win
   Antonym: perder
4. (transitive) to defeat, to beat
   Synonym: derrotar
5. (transitive) to reach; to attain
   Synonym: alcanzar
6. (reflexive) to earn (something) for oneself
7. (reflexive, Chile) to position oneself, to situate oneself
   Synonyms: ubicarse, ponerse, situarse, pararse, plantarse
   La gata se ganó al lado de la chimenea.
   The cat sat down beside the fireplace.

Selected combined forms of ganar

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 ganar | dative | ganarme | ganarte | ganarle, ganarse | ganarnos | ganaros | ganarles, ganarse | | accusative | ganarme | ganarte | ganarlo, ganarla, ganarse | ganarnos | ganaros | ganarlos, ganarlas, ganarse | | | | | | | | | | | | with gerund ganando | dative | ganándome | ganándote | ganándole, ganándose | ganándonos | ganándoos | ganándoles, ganándose | | accusative | ganándome | ganándote | ganándolo, ganándola, ganándose | ganándonos | ganándoos | ganándolos, ganándolas, ganándose | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative gana | dative | gáname | gánate | gánale | gánanos | not used | gánales | | accusative | gáname | gánate | gánalo, gánala | gánanos | not used | gánalos, gánalas | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person singular voseo imperative ganá | dative | ganame | ganate | ganale | gananos | not used | ganales | | accusative | ganame | ganate | ganalo, ganala | gananos | not used | ganalos, ganalas | | | | | | | | | | | | with formal second-person singular imperative gane | dative | gáneme | not used | gánele, gánese | gánenos | not used | gáneles | | accusative | gáneme | not used | gánelo, gánela, gánese | gánenos | not used | gánelos, gánelas | | | | | | | | | | | | with first-person plural imperative ganemos | dative | not used | ganémoste | ganémosle | ganémonos | ganémoos | ganémosles | | accusative | not used | ganémoste | ganémoslo, ganémosla | ganémonos | ganémoos | ganémoslos, ganémoslas | | | | | | | | | | | | with informal second-person plural imperative ganad | dative | ganadme | not used | ganadle | ganadnos | ganaos | ganadles | | accusative | ganadme | not used | ganadlo, ganadla | ganadnos | ganaos | ganadlos, ganadlas | | | | | | | | | | | | with formal second-person plural imperative ganen | dative | gánenme | not used | gánenle | gánennos | not used | gánenles, gánense | | accusative | gánenme | not used | gánenlo, gánenla | gánennos | not used | gánenlos, gánenlas, gánense | |

• ganada

• ganadería

• ganadero

• ganado

• ganador (“winner”)

• ganancia

• ganapierde

• ganar con su cuerpo

• ganar el barlovento

• ganar el jubileo

• ganar el viento

• ganar la cara

• ganar la palmeta

• ganar la partida

• ganar peso

• ganar terreno

• ganar tiempo

• ganarse

• ganarse la vida

• ganarse las habichuelas

• ganarse las lentejas

• ganarse los frijoles

• ganarse los garbanzos

• no ganar para sustos

• no se ganó Zamora en una hora

• quien empieza ganando acaba llorando

• tener las de ganar

• “ganar”, 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

ganar

1. alternative form of kunnar

• State Library of Queensland, Indigenous Language Wordlists Indigenous Numbers.