salivar

Asturian

Verb

salivar

1. to salivate

Conjugation

Conjugation of salivar

infinitive		salivar
gerund		salivando
past participle		m saliváu, f salivada, n salivao, m pl salivaos, f pl salivaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	salivo	salives	saliva	salivamos	saliváis	saliven
	imperfect	salivaba	salivabes	salivaba	salivábemos, salivábamos	salivabeis, salivabais	salivaben
	preterite	salivé	salivasti, salivesti	salivó	salivemos	salivastis, salivestis	salivaron
	pluperfect	salivare, salivara	salivares, salivaras	salivare, salivara	saliváremos, saliváramos	salivareis, salivarais	salivaren, salivaran
	future	salivaré	salivarás	salivará	salivaremos	salivaréis	salivarán
	conditional	salivaría	salivaríes	salivaría	salivaríemos, salivaríamos	salivaríeis, salivaríais	salivaríen
subjunctive	present	salive	salives, salivas	salive	salivemos	salivéis	saliven, salivan
	imperfect	salivare, salivara	salivares, salivaras	salivare, salivara	saliváremos, saliváramos	salivareis, salivarais	salivaren, salivaran
imperative		—	saliva	—	—	salivái	—

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin salīvāre. First attested in 1839.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [sə.liˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [sə.liˈva]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [sa.liˈvaɾ]

Verb

salivar (first-person singular present salivo, first-person singular preterite saliví, past participle salivat)

1. (intransitive) to salivate (to secrete saliva)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of salivar (first conjugation)

infinitive			salivar
gerund			salivant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		salivat		salivada
		plural		salivats		salivades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	salivo	salives	saliva	salivem	saliveu	saliven
	imperfect	salivava	salivaves	salivava	salivàvem	salivàveu	salivaven
	future	salivaré	salivaràs	salivarà	salivarem	salivareu	salivaran
	preterite	saliví	salivares	salivà	salivàrem	salivàreu	salivaren
	conditional	salivaria	salivaries	salivaria	salivaríem	salivaríeu	salivarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	salivi	salivis	salivi	salivem	saliveu	salivin
	imperfect	salivés	salivessis	salivés	salivéssim	salivéssiu	salivessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	saliva	salivi	salivem	saliveu	salivin
	negative (no)	—	no salivis	no salivi	no salivem	no saliveu	no salivin

Related terms

• saliva
• salivació

Further reading

• “salivar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
• “salivar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “salivar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin salīvāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /sa.liˈva(ʁ)/ [sa.liˈva(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.liˈvaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.liˈvaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.liˈbaɾ/ [sɐ.liˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐ.liˈva.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: sa‧li‧var

Verb

salivar (first-person singular present salivo, first-person singular preterite salivei, past participle salivado)

1. to salivate (to secrete saliva)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of salivar (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	salivar
Personal	salivar	salivares	salivar	salivarmos	salivardes	salivarem
Gerund
	salivando
Past participle
Masculine	salivado			salivados
Feminine	salivada			salivadas
Indicative
Present	salivo	salivas	saliva	salivamos	salivais	salivam
Imperfect	salivava	salivavas	salivava	salivávamos	saliváveis	salivavam
Preterite	salivei	salivaste	salivou	salivamos1, salivámos2	salivastes	salivaram
Pluperfect	salivara	salivaras	salivara	saliváramos	saliváreis	salivaram
Future	salivarei	salivarás	salivará	salivaremos	salivareis	salivarão
Conditional	salivaria	salivarias	salivaria	salivaríamos	salivaríeis	salivariam
Subjunctive
Present	salive	salives	salive	salivemos	saliveis	salivem
Imperfect	salivasse	salivasses	salivasse	salivássemos	salivásseis	salivassem
Future	salivar	salivares	salivar	salivarmos	salivardes	salivarem
Imperative
Affirmative		saliva	salive	salivemos	salivai	salivem
Negative (não)		não salives	não salive	não salivemos	não saliveis	não salivem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• saliva
• salivação

Further reading

• “salivar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French salivaire.

Adjective

salivar m or n (feminine singular salivară, masculine plural salivari, feminine and neuter plural salivare)

1. salivary

Declension

Declension of salivar

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	salivar		salivară		salivari	salivare
	definite	salivarul		salivara		salivarii	salivarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	salivar		salivare		salivari	salivare
	definite	salivarului		salivarei		salivarilor	salivarelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin salīvāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saliˈbaɾ/ [sa.liˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: sa‧li‧var

Verb

salivar (first-person singular present salivo, first-person singular preterite salivé, past participle salivado)

1. (intransitive) to salivate (to secrete saliva)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of salivar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			salivar
gerund			salivando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		salivado		salivada
		plural		salivados		salivadas
		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	salivo	salivastú salivásvos	saliva	salivamos	saliváis	salivan
	imperfect	salivaba	salivabas	salivaba	salivábamos	salivabais	salivaban
	preterite	salivé	salivaste	salivó	salivamos	salivasteis	salivaron
	future	salivaré	salivarás	salivará	salivaremos	salivaréis	salivarán
	conditional	salivaría	salivarías	salivaría	salivaríamos	salivaríais	salivarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	salive	salivestú salivésvos2	salive	salivemos	salivéis	saliven
	imperfect (ra)	salivara	salivaras	salivara	saliváramos	salivarais	salivaran
	imperfect (se)	salivase	salivases	salivase	salivásemos	salivaseis	salivasen
	future1	salivare	salivares	salivare	saliváremos	salivareis	salivaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		salivatú salivávos	salive	salivemos	salivad	saliven
	negative		no salives	no salive	no salivemos	no salivéis	no saliven

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

    Selected combined forms of salivar

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 salivar	dative	salivarme	salivarte	salivarle, salivarse	salivarnos	salivaros	salivarles, salivarse
	accusative	salivarme	salivarte	salivarlo, salivarla, salivarse	salivarnos	salivaros	salivarlos, salivarlas, salivarse
with gerund salivando	dative	salivándome	salivándote	salivándole, salivándose	salivándonos	salivándoos	salivándoles, salivándose
	accusative	salivándome	salivándote	salivándolo, salivándola, salivándose	salivándonos	salivándoos	salivándolos, salivándolas, salivándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative saliva	dative	salívame	salívate	salívale	salívanos	not used	salívales
	accusative	salívame	salívate	salívalo, salívala	salívanos	not used	salívalos, salívalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative salivá	dative	salivame	salivate	salivale	salivanos	not used	salivales
	accusative	salivame	salivate	salivalo, salivala	salivanos	not used	salivalos, salivalas
with formal second-person singular imperative salive	dative	salíveme	not used	salívele, salívese	salívenos	not used	salíveles
	accusative	salíveme	not used	salívelo, salívela, salívese	salívenos	not used	salívelos, salívelas
with first-person plural imperative salivemos	dative	not used	salivémoste	salivémosle	salivémonos	salivémoos	salivémosles
	accusative	not used	salivémoste	salivémoslo, salivémosla	salivémonos	salivémoos	salivémoslos, salivémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative salivad	dative	salivadme	not used	salivadle	salivadnos	salivaos	salivadles
	accusative	salivadme	not used	salivadlo, salivadla	salivadnos	salivaos	salivadlos, salivadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative saliven	dative	salívenme	not used	salívenle	salívennos	not used	salívenles, salívense
	accusative	salívenme	not used	salívenlo, salívenla	salívennos	not used	salívenlos, salívenlas, salívense

Related terms

• saliva
• salivación

Further reading

• “salivar”, 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