devastar
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin dēvastāre, present active infinitive of dēvastō.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /də.vəsˈta/
- (Central) IPA(key): /də.bəsˈta/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /de.vasˈtaɾ/
Verb
devastar (first-person singular present devasto, past participle devastat)
- (transitive) to devastate
Conjugation
Conjugation of devastar (first conjugation)
| infinitive | devastar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | devastant | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | devastat | devastada | |||||
| plural | devastats | devastades | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | devasto | devastes | devasta | devastem | devasteu | devasten | |
| imperfect | devastava | devastaves | devastava | devastàvem | devastàveu | devastaven | |
| future | devastaré | devastaràs | devastarà | devastarem | devastareu | devastaran | |
| preterite | devastí | devastares | devastà | devastàrem | devastàreu | devastaren | |
| conditional | devastaria | devastaries | devastaria | devastaríem | devastaríeu | devastarien | |
| subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
| present | devasti | devastis | devasti | devastem | devasteu | devastin | |
| imperfect | devastés | devastessis | devastés | devastéssim | devastéssiu | devastessin | |
| imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
| — | devasta | devasti | devastem | devasteu | devastin | ||
Related terms
- devastador
Further reading
- “devastar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “devastar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “devastar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “devastar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Ido
Verb
devastar (present tense devastas, past tense devastis, future tense devastos, imperative devastez, conditional devastus)
- (transitive) to lay waste to, devastate
Conjugation
Conjugation of devastar
 | present | past | future | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | devastar | devastir | devastor | ||||
| tense | devastas | devastis | devastos | ||||
| conditional | devastus | ||||||
| imperative | devastez | ||||||
| adjective active participle | devastanta | devastinta | devastonta | ||||
| adverbial active participle | devastante | devastinte | devastonte | ||||
| nominal active participle | singular | devastanto | devastinto | devastonto | |||
| plural | devastanti | devastinti | devastonti | ||||
| adjective passive participle | devastata | devastita | devastota | ||||
| adverbial passive participle | devastate | devastite | devastote | ||||
| nominal passive participle | singular | devastato | devastito | devastoto | |||
| plural | devastati | devastiti | devastoti | ||||
Related terms
- devasto
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin dēvastāre, present active infinitive of dēvastō.
Verb
devastar
- (10th century) to devastate; to destroy; to massacre
Usage notes
- Only known recorded usage is in the Vie de Saint Léger.
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (devaster, supplement)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- vastar (poetic)
Etymology
From Latin dēvastāre.
Verb
devastar (first-person singular present devasto, first-person singular preterite devastei, past participle devastado)
- (transitive) to devastate; to lay waste (to completely destroy)
- Synonym: destruir
Conjugation
Conjugation of devastar (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 | devastar | |||||
| Personal | devastar | devastares | devastar | devastarmos | devastardes | devastarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| devastando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | devastado | devastados | ||||
| Feminine | devastada | devastadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | devasto | devastas | devasta | devastamos | devastais | devastam |
| Imperfect | devastava | devastavas | devastava | devastávamos | devastáveis | devastavam |
| Preterite | devastei | devastaste | devastou | devastamos1, devastámos2 | devastastes | devastaram |
| Pluperfect | devastara | devastaras | devastara | devastáramos | devastáreis | devastaram |
| Future | devastarei | devastarás | devastará | devastaremos | devastareis | devastarão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| devastaria | devastarias | devastaria | devastaríamos | devastaríeis | devastariam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | devaste | devastes | devaste | devastemos | devasteis | devastem |
| Imperfect | devastasse | devastasses | devastasse | devastássemos | devastásseis | devastassem |
| Future | devastar | devastares | devastar | devastarmos | devastardes | devastarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | devasta | devaste | devastemos | devastai | devastem | |
| Negative (não) | não devastes | não devaste | não devastemos | não devasteis | não devastem | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Related terms
- devastador
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin dēvastāre, present active infinitive of dēvastō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /debasˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.β̞asˈt̪aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: de‧vas‧tar
Verb
devastar (first-person singular present devasto, first-person singular preterite devasté, past participle devastado)
- (transitive) to devastate
Conjugation
Conjugation of devastar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | devastar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | devastando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | devastado | devastada | |||||
| plural | devastados | devastadas | |||||
| 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 | devasto | devastastú devastásvos | devasta | devastamos | devastáis | devastan | |
| imperfect | devastaba | devastabas | devastaba | devastábamos | devastabais | devastaban | |
| preterite | devasté | devastaste | devastó | devastamos | devastasteis | devastaron | |
| future | devastaré | devastarás | devastará | devastaremos | devastaréis | devastarán | |
| conditional | devastaría | devastarías | devastaría | devastaríamos | devastaríais | devastarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | devaste | devastestú devastésvos2 | devaste | devastemos | devastéis | devasten | |
| imperfect (ra) | devastara | devastaras | devastara | devastáramos | devastarais | devastaran | |
| imperfect (se) | devastase | devastases | devastase | devastásemos | devastaseis | devastasen | |
| future1 | devastare | devastares | devastare | devastáremos | devastareis | devastaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | devastatú devastávos | devaste | devastemos | devastad | devasten | ||
| negative | no devastes | no devaste | no devastemos | no devastéis | no devasten | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of devastar
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 devastar | |||||||
| dative | devastarme | devastarte | devastarle, devastarse | devastarnos | devastaros | devastarles, devastarse | |
| accusative | devastarme | devastarte | devastarlo, devastarla, devastarse | devastarnos | devastaros | devastarlos, devastarlas, devastarse | |
| with gerund devastando | |||||||
| dative | devastándome | devastándote | devastándole, devastándose | devastándonos | devastándoos | devastándoles, devastándose | |
| accusative | devastándome | devastándote | devastándolo, devastándola, devastándose | devastándonos | devastándoos | devastándolos, devastándolas, devastándose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative devasta | |||||||
| dative | devástame | devástate | devástale | devástanos | not used | devástales | |
| accusative | devástame | devástate | devástalo, devástala | devástanos | not used | devástalos, devástalas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative devastá | |||||||
| dative | devastame | devastate | devastale | devastanos | not used | devastales | |
| accusative | devastame | devastate | devastalo, devastala | devastanos | not used | devastalos, devastalas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative devaste | |||||||
| dative | devásteme | not used | devástele, devástese | devástenos | not used | devásteles | |
| accusative | devásteme | not used | devástelo, devástela, devástese | devástenos | not used | devástelos, devástelas | |
| with first-person plural imperative devastemos | |||||||
| dative | not used | devastémoste | devastémosle | devastémonos | devastémoos | devastémosles | |
| accusative | not used | devastémoste | devastémoslo, devastémosla | devastémonos | devastémoos | devastémoslos, devastémoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative devastad | |||||||
| dative | devastadme | not used | devastadle | devastadnos | devastaos | devastadles | |
| accusative | devastadme | not used | devastadlo, devastadla | devastadnos | devastaos | devastadlos, devastadlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative devasten | |||||||
| dative | devástenme | not used | devástenle | devástennos | not used | devástenles, devástense | |
| accusative | devástenme | not used | devástenlo, devástenla | devástennos | not used | devástenlos, devástenlas, devástense | |
Related terms
- devastador
Further reading
- “devastar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014