varar

See also: vårar

Galician

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from Late Latin varare, derived from varus (“bow-legged”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈɾaɾ/

Verb

varar (first-person singular present varo, first-person singular preterite varei, past participle varado)

1. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to become crippled

   Synonyms: eivar, toller

2. (nautical) to beach, strand

Conjugation

    Conjugation of varar

	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	varar
Personal	varar	varares	varar	vararmos	varardes	vararen
Gerund
	varando
Past participle
Masculine	varado			varados
Feminine	varada			varadas
Indicative
Present	varo	varas	vara	varamos	varades	varan
Imperfect	varaba	varabas	varaba	varabamos	varabades	varaban
Preterite	varei	varaches	varou	varamos	varastes	vararon
Pluperfect	varara	vararas	varara	vararamos	vararades	vararan
Future	vararei	vararás	varará	vararemos	vararedes	vararán
Conditional	vararía	vararías	vararía	varariamos	varariades	vararían
Subjunctive
Present	vare	vares	vare	varemos	varedes	varen
Imperfect	varase	varases	varase	varásemos	varásedes	varasen
Future	varar	varares	varar	vararmos	varardes	vararen
Imperative
Affirmative		vara	vare	varemos	varade	varen
Negative (non)		non vares	non vare	non varemos	non varedes	non varen

    Reintegrated conjugation of varar (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	varar
Personal	varar	varares	varar	vararmos	varardes	vararem
Gerund
	varando
Past participle
Masculine	varado			varados
Feminine	varada			varadas
Indicative
Present	varo	varas	vara	varamos	varades, varais	varam
Imperfect	varava	varavas	varava	varávamos	varávades, varáveis, varávais1	varavam
Preterite	varei	varaste, varache1	varou	varamos	varastes	varárom, vararam
Pluperfect	varara	vararas	varara	varáramos	varárades, varáreis, varárais1	vararam
Future	vararei	vararás	varará	vararemos	vararedes, varareis	vararám, vararão
Conditional	vararia	vararias	vararia	vararíamos	vararíades, vararíeis, vararíais1	varariam
Subjunctive
Present	vare	vares	vare	varemos	varedes, vareis	varem
Imperfect	varasse	varasses	varasse	varássemos	varássedes, varásseis	varassem
Future	varar	varares	varar	vararmos	varardes	vararem
Imperative
Affirmative		vara	vare	varemos	varade, varai	varem
Negative (nom)		nom vares	nom vare	nom varemos	nom varedes, nom vareis	nom varem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• varada
• varadoiro

References

• “varar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “varar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “varar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “varar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “varar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “varar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Icelandic

Noun

varar

1. indefinite genitive singular of vör

Portuguese

Etymology

From vara (“stick, rod”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈɾaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈɾaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈɾa.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: va‧rar

Verb

varar (first-person singular present varo, first-person singular preterite varei, past participle varado)

1. to overthrow; to pull down
2. to hit with a stick or rod
3. to pierce, to go through

   Synonym: atravessar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of varar (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	varar
Personal	varar	varares	varar	vararmos	varardes	vararem
Gerund
	varando
Past participle
Masculine	varado			varados
Feminine	varada			varadas
Indicative
Present	varo	varas	vara	varamos	varais	varam
Imperfect	varava	varavas	varava	varávamos	varáveis	varavam
Preterite	varei	varaste	varou	varamos1, varámos2	varastes	vararam
Pluperfect	varara	vararas	varara	varáramos	varáreis	vararam
Future	vararei	vararás	varará	vararemos	varareis	vararão
Conditional	vararia	vararias	vararia	vararíamos	vararíeis	varariam
Subjunctive
Present	vare	vares	vare	varemos	vareis	varem
Imperfect	varasse	varasses	varasse	varássemos	varásseis	varassem
Future	varar	varares	varar	vararmos	varardes	vararem
Imperative
Affirmative		vara	vare	varemos	varai	varem
Negative (não)		não vares	não vare	não varemos	não vareis	não varem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from Late Latin varare, from Latin vara (“forked branch, bent pole”). Semantic evolution unclear. If so, equivalent to vara (“long pole”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈɾaɾ/ [baˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: va‧rar

Verb

varar (first-person singular present varo, first-person singular preterite varé, past participle varado)

1. to beach
2. to run aground
3. to strand

Conjugation

    Conjugation of varar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			varar
gerund			varando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		varado		varada
		plural		varados		varadas
		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	varo	varastú varásvos	vara	varamos	varáis	varan
	imperfect	varaba	varabas	varaba	varábamos	varabais	varaban
	preterite	varé	varaste	varó	varamos	varasteis	vararon
	future	vararé	vararás	varará	vararemos	vararéis	vararán
	conditional	vararía	vararías	vararía	vararíamos	vararíais	vararían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	vare	varestú varésvos2	vare	varemos	varéis	varen
	imperfect (ra)	varara	vararas	varara	varáramos	vararais	vararan
	imperfect (se)	varase	varases	varase	varásemos	varaseis	varasen
	future1	varare	varares	varare	varáremos	varareis	vararen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		varatú varávos	vare	varemos	varad	varen
	negative		no vares	no vare	no varemos	no varéis	no varen

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

    Selected combined forms of varar

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 varar
	dative	vararme	vararte	vararle, vararse	vararnos	vararos	vararles, vararse
	accusative	vararme	vararte	vararlo, vararla, vararse	vararnos	vararos	vararlos, vararlas, vararse
with gerund varando
	dative	varándome	varándote	varándole, varándose	varándonos	varándoos	varándoles, varándose
	accusative	varándome	varándote	varándolo, varándola, varándose	varándonos	varándoos	varándolos, varándolas, varándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative vara
	dative	várame	várate	várale	váranos	not used	várales
	accusative	várame	várate	váralo, várala	váranos	not used	váralos, váralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative vará
	dative	varame	varate	varale	varanos	not used	varales
	accusative	varame	varate	varalo, varala	varanos	not used	varalos, varalas
with formal second-person singular imperative vare
	dative	váreme	not used	várele, várese	várenos	not used	váreles
	accusative	váreme	not used	várelo, várela, várese	várenos	not used	várelos, várelas
with first-person plural imperative varemos
	dative	not used	varémoste	varémosle	varémonos	varémoos	varémosles
	accusative	not used	varémoste	varémoslo, varémosla	varémonos	varémoos	varémoslos, varémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative varad
	dative	varadme	not used	varadle	varadnos	varaos	varadles
	accusative	varadme	not used	varadlo, varadla	varadnos	varaos	varadlos, varadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative varen
	dative	várenme	not used	várenle	várennos	not used	várenles, várense
	accusative	várenme	not used	várenlo, várenla	várennos	not used	várenlos, várenlas, várense

Derived terms

• varada
• varadero
• varado
• varadura
• varamiento

 

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Further reading

• “varar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

varar

1. indefinite plural of var

Verb

varar

1. present indicative of vara