lavar

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle Cornish lauar, from Old Cornish lauar, from Proto-Brythonic *llaβar (“talkative”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸlabros (“talkative”). Cognate with Welsh llafar (“vocal”).

Noun

lavar m (plural lavarow)

1. idiom, utterance
2. (grammar) expression, sentence

Derived terms

• lavar koth (“proverb, saying”)
• lavaren (“phrase”)
• leverel (“say, tell, pronounce”, verb)

Verb

lavar

1. second-person singular imperative of leverel

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lavāre.

Verb

lavar (ORB, broad)

1. to wash

References

• laver in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• lavar in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lavar, from Latin lavāre (“to wash”). Cognate with Portuguese and Spanish lavar.

Verb

lavar (first-person singular present lavo, first-person singular preterite lavei, past participle lavado)

1. to wash

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lavar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	lavar
Personal	lavar	lavares	lavar	lavarmos	lavardes	lavaren
Gerund
	lavando
Past participle
Masculine	lavado			lavados
Feminine	lavada			lavadas
Indicative
Present	lavo	lavas	lava	lavamos	lavades	lavan
Imperfect	lavaba	lavabas	lavaba	lavabamos	lavabades	lavaban
Preterite	lavei	lavaches	lavou	lavamos	lavastes	lavaron
Pluperfect	lavara	lavaras	lavara	lavaramos	lavarades	lavaran
Future	lavarei	lavarás	lavará	lavaremos	lavaredes	lavarán
Conditional	lavaría	lavarías	lavaría	lavariamos	lavariades	lavarían
Subjunctive
Present	lave	laves	lave	lavemos	lavedes	laven
Imperfect	lavase	lavases	lavase	lavásemos	lavásedes	lavasen
Future	lavar	lavares	lavar	lavarmos	lavardes	lavaren
Imperative
Affirmative		lava	lave	lavemos	lavade	laven
Negative (non)		non laves	non lave	non lavemos	non lavedes	non laven

    Reintegrated conjugation of lavar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	lavar
Personal	lavar	lavares	lavar	lavarmos	lavardes	lavarem
Gerund
	lavando
Past participle
Masculine	lavado			lavados
Feminine	lavada			lavadas
Indicative
Present	lavo	lavas	lava	lavamos	lavades, lavais	lavam
Imperfect	lavava	lavavas	lavava	lavávamos	lavávades, laváveis, lavávais1	lavavam
Preterite	lavei	lavaste, lavache1	lavou	lavamos	lavastes	lavárom, lavaram
Pluperfect	lavara	lavaras	lavara	laváramos	lavárades, laváreis, lavárais1	lavaram
Future	lavarei	lavarás	lavará	lavaremos	lavaredes, lavareis	lavarám, lavarão
Conditional	lavaria	lavarias	lavaria	lavaríamos	lavaríades, lavaríeis, lavaríais1	lavariam
Subjunctive
Present	lave	laves	lave	lavemos	lavedes, laveis	lavem
Imperfect	lavasse	lavasses	lavasse	lavássemos	lavássedes, lavásseis	lavassem
Future	lavar	lavares	lavar	lavarmos	lavardes	lavarem
Imperative
Affirmative		lava	lave	lavemos	lavade, lavai	lavem
Negative (nom)		nom laves	nom lave	nom lavemos	nom lavedes, nom laveis	nom lavem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• lavado
• lavadura

Further reading

• “lavar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Ido

Verb

lavar (present tense lavas, past tense lavis, future tense lavos, imperative lavez, conditional lavus)

1. (transitive) to wash

Conjugation

Conjugation of lavar

		present		past		future
infinitive		lavar		lavir		lavor
tense		lavas		lavis		lavos
conditional		lavus		—		—
imperative		lavez		—		—
adjective active participle		lavanta		lavinta		lavonta
adverbial active participle		lavante		lavinte		lavonte
nominal active participle	singular	lavanto		lavinto		lavonto
	plural	lavanti		lavinti		lavonti
adjective passive participle		lavata		lavita		lavota
adverbial passive participle		lavate		lavite		lavote
nominal passive participle	singular	lavato		lavito		lavoto
	plural	lavati		laviti		lavoti

Derived terms

• laverio

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin lavāre.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

lavar

1. to wash

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		lavar			aver lavat
gerund		lavant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		lavat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	lavi	lavas	lava	lavam	lavatz	lavan
	imperfect	lavavi	lavavas	lavava	lavàvem	lavàvetz	lavavan
	preterite	lavèri	lavères	lavèt	lavèrem	lavèretz	lavèron
	future	lavarai	lavaràs	lavarà	lavarem	lavaretz	lavaràn
	conditional	lavariái	lavariás	lavariá	lavariam	lavariatz	lavarián
	conditional 2nd form1	lavèra	lavèras	lavèra	laveram	laveratz	lavèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	lave	laves	lave	lavem	lavetz	laven
	imperfect	lavèssi	lavèsses	lavèsse	lavèssem	lavèssetz	lavèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			lava		lavem	lavatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		lavar			aver lavat
gerund		lavant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		lavat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	lave	laves	lava	lavam	lavatz	lavon
	imperfect	lavave	lavaves	lavava	lavaviam	lavaviatz	lavavon
	preterite	lavere	laveres	lavet	lavem	lavetz	laveron
	future	lavarai	lavaràs	lavará	lavarem	lavaretz	lavarán
	conditional	lavariá	lavariás	lavariá	lavariam	lavariatz	lavarián
	conditional 2nd form1	lavèra	lavèras	lavèra	laveram	laveratz	lavèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	lave	laves	lave	lavassiam	lavassiatz	lavon
	imperfect	lavesse	lavesses	lavesse	lavessiam	lavessiatz	lavesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			lava		lavassiam	lavatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		lavar			aver lavat
gerund		lavant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		lavat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	lavi	lavas	lava	lavam	lavatz	lavan
	imperfect	lavavi	lavavas	lavava	lavàvam	lavàvatz	lavavan
	preterite	lavèi	lavès	lavè	lavèm	lavètz	lavèn
	future	lavarèi	lavaràs	lavarà	lavaram	lavaratz	lavaràn
	conditional	lavarí	lavarés	lavaré	lavarem	lavaretz	lavarén
	conditional 2nd form1	lavèra	lavèras	lavèra	laveram	laveratz	lavèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	lavi	laves	lave	lavem	lavetz	laven
	imperfect	lavèssi	lavèsses	lavèsse	lavèssem	lavèssetz	lavèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			lava		lavem	lavatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		lavar			aver lavat
gerund		lavant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		lavat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	lave	lavas	lava	lavam	lavatz	lavan
	imperfect	lavava	lavavas	lavava	lavàvam	lavàvatz	lavavan
	preterite	lavei	laveras	lavet	lavèram	lavèratz	laveran
	future	lavarai	lavaràs	lavará	lavarem	lavaretz	lavarán
	conditional	lavariá	lavariàs	lavariá	lavariam	lavariatz	lavarián
	conditional 2nd form1	lavèra	lavèras	lavèra	laveram	laveratz	lavèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	lave	laves	lave	lavem	lavetz	laven
	imperfect	lavèsse	lavèsses	lavèsse	lavèssem	lavèssetz	lavèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			lava		lavem	lavatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		lavar			aver lavat
gerund		lavant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		lavat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	lave	laves	lava	lavam	lavatz	lavan
	imperfect	lavavi	lavavas	lavava	lavàvem	lavàvetz	lavavan
	preterite	lavère	lavères	lavèt	laveriam	laveriatz	lavèron
	future	lavarai	lavaràs	lavarà	lavarem	lavaretz	lavaràn
	conditional	lavariáu	lavariás	lavariá	lavariam	lavariatz	lavarián
	conditional 2nd form1	lavèra	lavèras	lavèra	laveram	laveratz	lavèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	lave	laves	lave	lavem	lavetz	lavan
	imperfect	lavèsse	lavèsses	lavèsse	lavessiam	lavessiatz	lavèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			lava		lavem	lavatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lavāre. Cognate with Old Spanish lavar and Old French laver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.ˈβaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

lavar

1. to wash

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lavar

infinitive				lavar
gerund		simple		lavando
		compound		gerund of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		lavado		lavados
		feminine		lavada		lavadas
present participle				lavante		lavantes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	lavo	lavas	lava	lavamos	lavades	lavan
	imperfect	lavava	lavavas	lavava	lavavamos, lavávamos	lavavades, lavávades	lavavan
	preterite	lavei	lavaste, lavasche, lavache	lavou	lavamos	lavastes	lavaron
	pluperfect	lavara	lavaras	lavara	lavaramos, laváramos	lavarades, lavárades	lavaran
	future	lavarei	lavarás	lavará	lavaremos	lavaredes	lavarán
	conditional	lavaria	lavarias	lavaria	lavariamos, lavaríamos	lavariades, lavaríades	lavarian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect anterior	simple pluperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	lave	laves	lave	lavemos	lavedes	laven
	imperfect	lavasse	lavasses	lavasse	lavassemos, lavássemos	lavassedes, lavássedes	lavassen
	future	lavar	lavares	lavar	lavarmos	lavardes	lavaren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	lava	lave	lavemos	lavade	—
negative		—	non laves	non lave	non lavemos	non lavedes	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
		lavar	lavares	lavar	lavarmos	lavardes	lavaren
1 teer and “ter were also used, although all three were less common than haver.

Descendants

• Galician: lavar
• Portuguese: lavar

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lavar, from Latin lavāre (“to wash”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”). Compare Galician and Spanish lavar, French laver, and Italian lavare.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈva(ʁ)/ [laˈva(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈva(ʁ)/ [laˈva(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /laˈva(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /laˈva(ʁ)/ [laˈva(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /laˈva(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈvaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈvaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈbaɾ/ [lɐˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈva.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: la‧var

Verb

lavar (first-person singular present lavo, first-person singular preterite lavei, past participle lavado)

1. to wash

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lavar (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	lavar
Personal	lavar	lavares	lavar	lavarmos	lavardes	lavarem
Gerund
	lavando
Past participle
Masculine	lavado			lavados
Feminine	lavada			lavadas
Indicative
Present	lavo	lavas	lava	lavamos	lavais	lavam
Imperfect	lavava	lavavas	lavava	lavávamos	laváveis	lavavam
Preterite	lavei	lavaste	lavou	lavamos1, lavámos2	lavastes	lavaram
Pluperfect	lavara	lavaras	lavara	laváramos	laváreis	lavaram
Future	lavarei	lavarás	lavará	lavaremos	lavareis	lavarão
Conditional	lavaria	lavarias	lavaria	lavaríamos	lavaríeis	lavariam
Subjunctive
Present	lave	laves	lave	lavemos	laveis	lavem
Imperfect	lavasse	lavasses	lavasse	lavássemos	lavásseis	lavassem
Future	lavar	lavares	lavar	lavarmos	lavardes	lavarem
Imperative
Affirmative		lava	lave	lavemos	lavai	lavem
Negative (não)		não laves	não lave	não lavemos	não laveis	não lavem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lavar.

Derived terms

• lavagem
• lavamento

Related terms

• lavação
• lavadeiro
• lavador
• lavadouro
• lavadura
• lavandaria
• lavatório
• lavável
• loção
• perlavar

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lavāre (“to wash”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈbaɾ/ [laˈβ̞aɾ]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: la‧var

Verb

lavar (first-person singular present lavo, first-person singular preterite lavé, past participle lavado)

1. (transitive) to wash

   Synonym: asear

   Los de por aquí vienen a este lavadero público para lavar la ropa.

   The people around here come to this public sink to wash their clothes.

2. (transitive) to wipe, clear (disgrace, doubt, etc.)
3. (reflexive) to wash oneself
4. (reflexive) to wash a body part of oneself (e.g. hands, hair)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of lavar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			lavar
gerund			lavando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		lavado		lavada
		plural		lavados		lavadas
		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	lavo	lavastú lavásvos	lava	lavamos	laváis	lavan
	imperfect	lavaba	lavabas	lavaba	lavábamos	lavabais	lavaban
	preterite	lavé	lavaste	lavó	lavamos	lavasteis	lavaron
	future	lavaré	lavarás	lavará	lavaremos	lavaréis	lavarán
	conditional	lavaría	lavarías	lavaría	lavaríamos	lavaríais	lavarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lave	lavestú lavésvos2	lave	lavemos	lavéis	laven
	imperfect (ra)	lavara	lavaras	lavara	laváramos	lavarais	lavaran
	imperfect (se)	lavase	lavases	lavase	lavásemos	lavaseis	lavasen
	future1	lavare	lavares	lavare	laváremos	lavareis	lavaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		lavatú lavávos	lave	lavemos	lavad	laven
	negative		no laves	no lave	no lavemos	no lavéis	no laven

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of lavar

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 lavar	dative	lavarme	lavarte	lavarle, lavarse	lavarnos	lavaros	lavarles, lavarse
	accusative	lavarme	lavarte	lavarlo, lavarla, lavarse	lavarnos	lavaros	lavarlos, lavarlas, lavarse
with gerund lavando	dative	lavándome	lavándote	lavándole, lavándose	lavándonos	lavándoos	lavándoles, lavándose
	accusative	lavándome	lavándote	lavándolo, lavándola, lavándose	lavándonos	lavándoos	lavándolos, lavándolas, lavándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative lava	dative	lávame	lávate	lávale	lávanos	not used	lávales
	accusative	lávame	lávate	lávalo, lávala	lávanos	not used	lávalos, lávalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative lavá	dative	lavame	lavate	lavale	lavanos	not used	lavales
	accusative	lavame	lavate	lavalo, lavala	lavanos	not used	lavalos, lavalas
with formal second-person singular imperative lave	dative	láveme	not used	lávele, lávese	lávenos	not used	láveles
	accusative	láveme	not used	lávelo, lávela, lávese	lávenos	not used	lávelos, lávelas
with first-person plural imperative lavemos	dative	not used	lavémoste	lavémosle	lavémonos	lavémoos	lavémosles
	accusative	not used	lavémoste	lavémoslo, lavémosla	lavémonos	lavémoos	lavémoslos, lavémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative lavad	dative	lavadme	not used	lavadle	lavadnos	lavaos	lavadles
	accusative	lavadme	not used	lavadlo, lavadla	lavadnos	lavaos	lavadlos, lavadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative laven	dative	lávenme	not used	lávenle	lávennos	not used	lávenles, lávense
	accusative	lávenme	not used	lávenlo, lávenla	lávennos	not used	lávenlos, lávenlas, lávense

Derived terms

• lavacoches
• lavacopas
• lavamanos
• lavaparabrisas
• lavaplatos
• lavar con sangre
• lavar la cara
• lavarropas
• lavarse las manos
• lavatrastos
• lavavajillas
• mesa de lavar
• tabla de lavar

Related terms

• lavable
• lavabo
• lavación
• lavada
• lavadero
• lavado
• lavador
• lavadora
• lavadura
• lavaje
• lavandería
• lavarse
• lavatorio
• loción

Further reading

• “lavar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Anagrams

• larva

Swedish

Noun

lavar

1. indefinite plural of lav (“moss”)
2. indefinite plural of lave (“bench in a sauna”)

Anagrams

• Alvar, larva, valar