devorar
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
devorar (first-person singular present devoro, first-person singular preterite devorí, past participle devorat); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɔ/; (Valencian) /o/
- to devour
- (colloquial) to pig out, to gorge
Conjugation edit
infinitive | devorar | ||||||
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gerund | devorant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | devorat | devorada | |||||
plural | devorats | devorades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | devoro | devores | devora | devorem | devoreu | devoren | |
imperfect | devorava | devoraves | devorava | devoràvem | devoràveu | devoraven | |
future | devoraré | devoraràs | devorarà | devorarem | devorareu | devoraran | |
preterite | devorí | devorares | devorà | devoràrem | devoràreu | devoraren | |
conditional | devoraria | devoraries | devoraria | devoraríem | devoraríeu | devorarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | devori | devoris | devori | devorem | devoreu | devorin | |
imperfect | devorés | devoressis | devorés | devoréssim | devoréssiu | devoressin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | devora | devori | devorem | devoreu | devorin | |
negative (no) | — | no devoris | no devori | no devorem | no devoreu | no devorin |
Further reading edit
- “devorar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “devorar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “devorar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “devorar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English devour, French dévorer, Italian divorare, Spanish devorar, all from Latin dēvorō (“I devour”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
devorar (present tense devoras, past tense devoris, future tense devoros, imperative devorez, conditional devorus)
Conjugation edit
present | past | future | |||||
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infinitive | devorar | devorir | devoror | ||||
tense | devoras | devoris | devoros | ||||
conditional | devorus | ||||||
imperative | devorez | ||||||
adjective active participle | devoranta | devorinta | devoronta | ||||
adverbial active participle | devorante | devorinte | devoronte | ||||
nominal active participle | singular | devoranto | devorinto | devoronto | |||
plural | devoranti | devorinti | devoronti | ||||
adjective passive participle | devorata | devorita | devorota | ||||
adverbial passive participle | devorate | devorite | devorote | ||||
nominal passive participle | singular | devorato | devorito | devoroto | |||
plural | devorati | devoriti | devoroti |
Synonyms edit
- (to devour): manjegar
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin dēvorāre (“to devour”), from vorō (“to devour”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: de‧vo‧rar
Verb edit
devorar (first-person singular present devoro, first-person singular preterite devorei, past participle devorado)
- to devour (to eat greedily)
- Synonym: consumir
- (of books) to read many books in a short time (when studying for a test)
Conjugation edit
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:devorar.
Related terms edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
devorar (first-person singular present devoro, first-person singular preterite devoré, past participle devorado)
Conjugation edit
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Further reading edit
- “devorar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014