# aplanar calles
## Spanish
### Etymology

Literally, “to flatten streets”.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aplaˌnaɾ ˈkaʝes/ [a.plaˌnaɾ ˈka.ʝes]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /aplaˌnaɾ ˈkaʝes/ [a.plaˌnaɾ ˈka.ʝes]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /aplaˌnaɾ ˈkaʎes/ [a.plaˌnaɾ ˈka.ʎes]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /aplaˌnaɾ ˈkaʃes/ [a.plaˌnaɾ ˈka.ʃes]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /aplaˌnaɾ ˈkaʒes/ [a.plaˌnaɾ ˈka.ʒes]
* Syllabification: a‧pla‧nar ca‧lles

### Verb

aplanar calles (first-person singular present aplano calles, first-person singular preterite aplané calles, past participle aplanado calles)
* (colloquial, idiomatic, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) to wander; to roam

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | aplanar calles | aplanar calles | aplanar calles | aplanar calles | aplanar calles |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | aplanando calles | aplanando calles | aplanando calles | aplanando calles | aplanando calles |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | aplanado calles | aplanado calles | aplanada calles | aplanada calles |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | aplanados calles | aplanados calles | aplanadas calles | aplanadas calles |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | aplano calles | aplanas calles$^{tú}$ aplanás calles$^{vos}$ | aplana calles | aplanamos calles | aplanáis calles | aplanan calles |
| indicative | imperfect | aplanaba calles | aplanabas calles | aplanaba calles | aplanábamos calles | aplanabais calles | aplanaban calles |
| indicative | preterite | aplané calles | aplanaste calles | aplanó calles | aplanamos calles | aplanasteis calles | aplanaron calles |
| indicative | future | aplanaré calles | aplanarás calles | aplanará calles | aplanaremos calles | aplanaréis calles | aplanarán calles |
| indicative | conditional | aplanaría calles | aplanarías calles | aplanaría calles | aplanaríamos calles | aplanaríais calles | aplanarían calles |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | aplane calles | aplanes calles$^{tú}$ aplanés calles$^{vos2}$ | aplane calles | aplanemos calles | aplanéis calles | aplanen calles |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | aplanara calles | aplanaras calles | aplanara calles | aplanáramos calles | aplanarais calles | aplanaran calles |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | aplanase calles | aplanases calles | aplanase calles | aplanásemos calles | aplanaseis calles | aplanasen calles |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | aplanare calles | aplanares calles | aplanare calles | aplanáremos calles | aplanareis calles | aplanaren calles |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | aplana calles$^{tú}$ aplaná calles$^{vos}$ | aplane calles | aplanemos calles | aplanad calles | aplanen calles |
| imperative | negative | | no aplanes calles | no aplane calles | no aplanemos calles | no aplanéis calles | no aplanen calles |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

### Further reading

* “aplanar calles” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.