esvair
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exvadĕre, from Latin ēvādō. Doublet of evadir.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
esvair (first-person singular present esvaeixo, first-person singular preterite esvaí, past participle esvaït)
- (transitive) to defeat, to rout
- Synonym: desfer
- (transitive) to devastate
- (transitive) to dispel, destroy, eliminate
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to vanish, disappear
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to faint (especially from lack of food)
- Synonym: defallir
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of esvair (third conjugation, with -eix-)
infinitive | esvair | ||||||
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gerund | esvaint | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | esvaït | esvaïda | |||||
plural | esvaïts | esvaïdes | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | esvaeixo | esvaeixes | esvaeix | esvaïm | esvaïu | esvaeixen | |
imperfect | esvaïa | esvaïes | esvaïa | esvaíem | esvaíeu | esvaïen | |
future | esvairé | esvairàs | esvairà | esvairem | esvaireu | esvairan | |
preterite | esvaí | esvaïres | esvaí | esvaírem | esvaíreu | esvaïren | |
conditional | esvairia | esvairies | esvairia | esvairíem | esvairíeu | esvairien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | esvaeixi | esvaeixis | esvaeixi | esvaïm | esvaïu | esvaeixin | |
imperfect | esvaís | esvaïssis | esvaís | esvaíssim | esvaíssiu | esvaïssin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | esvaeix | esvaeixi | esvaïm | esvaïu | esvaeixin | |
negative (no) | — | no esvaeixis | no esvaeixi | no esvaïm | no esvaïu | no esvaeixin |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “esvair” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Vulgar Latin *exvānĕre, from Latin vānus.[1][2] Cf. also French évanouir, Old French esvanir.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: es‧va‧ir
Verb edit
esvair (first-person singular present esvaio, first-person singular preterite esvaí, past participle esvaído)
- to evaporate
- Synonym: evaporar
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to faint
- Synonym: desmaiar
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to lose strength or feeling
- Synonyms: enfraquecer, esgotar
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of esvair (irregular) (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ “esvair” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “esvair” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.