excavar
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin excavo.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /əks.kəˈva/
- (Central) IPA(key): /əks.kəˈba/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /eks.kaˈvaɾ/
Verb
excavar (first-person singular present excavo, past participle excavat)
- (transitive) to excavate, to dig
Conjugation
Conjugation of excavar (first conjugation)
infinitive | excavar | ||||||
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present participle | excavant | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | excavat | excavada | |||||
plural | excavats | excavades | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | excavo | excaves | excava | excavem | excaveu | excaven | |
imperfect | excavava | excavaves | excavava | excavàvem | excavàveu | excavaven | |
future | excavaré | excavaràs | excavarà | excavarem | excavareu | excavaran | |
preterite | excaví | excavares | excavà | excavàrem | excavàreu | excavaren | |
conditional | excavaria | excavaries | excavaria | excavaríem | excavaríeu | excavarien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè | nosaltres nós | vosaltres vós | ells/elles vostès | |
present | excavi | excavis | excavi | excavem | excaveu | excavin | |
imperfect | excavés | excavessis | excavés | excavéssim | excavéssiu | excavessin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós | vostès | |
— | excava | excavi | excavem | excaveu | excavin |
Derived terms
- excavador
Related terms
- cavar
- excavació
Further reading
- “excavar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin excavāre, present active infinitive of excavō. Doublet of escavar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɡskaˈbaɾ/ [eɣ̞s.kaˈβ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ex‧ca‧var
Verb
excavar (first-person singular present excavo, first-person singular preterite excavé, past participle excavado)
- to excavate, dig
Conjugation
Conjugation of excavar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | excavar | ||||||
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gerund | excavando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | excavado | excavada | |||||
plural | excavados | excavadas | |||||
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 | excavo | excavastú excavásvos | excava | excavamos | excaváis | excavan | |
imperfect | excavaba | excavabas | excavaba | excavábamos | excavabais | excavaban | |
preterite | excavé | excavaste | excavó | excavamos | excavasteis | excavaron | |
future | excavaré | excavarás | excavará | excavaremos | excavaréis | excavarán | |
conditional | excavaría | excavarías | excavaría | excavaríamos | excavaríais | excavarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | excave | excavestú excavésvos2 | excave | excavemos | excavéis | excaven | |
imperfect (ra) | excavara | excavaras | excavara | excaváramos | excavarais | excavaran | |
imperfect (se) | excavase | excavases | excavase | excavásemos | excavaseis | excavasen | |
future1 | excavare | excavares | excavare | excaváremos | excavareis | excavaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | excavatú excavávos | excave | excavemos | excavad | excaven | ||
negative | no excaves | no excave | no excavemos | no excavéis | no excaven |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of excavar
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive excavar | |||||||
dative | excavarme | excavarte | excavarle, excavarse | excavarnos | excavaros | excavarles, excavarse | |
accusative | excavarme | excavarte | excavarlo, excavarla, excavarse | excavarnos | excavaros | excavarlos, excavarlas, excavarse | |
with gerund excavando | |||||||
dative | excavándome | excavándote | excavándole, excavándose | excavándonos | excavándoos | excavándoles, excavándose | |
accusative | excavándome | excavándote | excavándolo, excavándola, excavándose | excavándonos | excavándoos | excavándolos, excavándolas, excavándose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative excava | |||||||
dative | excávame | excávate | excávale | excávanos | not used | excávales | |
accusative | excávame | excávate | excávalo, excávala | excávanos | not used | excávalos, excávalas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative excavá | |||||||
dative | excavame | excavate | excavale | excavanos | not used | excavales | |
accusative | excavame | excavate | excavalo, excavala | excavanos | not used | excavalos, excavalas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative excave | |||||||
dative | excáveme | not used | excávele, excávese | excávenos | not used | excáveles | |
accusative | excáveme | not used | excávelo, excávela, excávese | excávenos | not used | excávelos, excávelas | |
with first-person plural imperative excavemos | |||||||
dative | not used | excavémoste | excavémosle | excavémonos | excavémoos | excavémosles | |
accusative | not used | excavémoste | excavémoslo, excavémosla | excavémonos | excavémoos | excavémoslos, excavémoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative excavad | |||||||
dative | excavadme | not used | excavadle | excavadnos | excavaos | excavadles | |
accusative | excavadme | not used | excavadlo, excavadla | excavadnos | excavaos | excavadlos, excavadlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative excaven | |||||||
dative | excávenme | not used | excávenle | excávennos | not used | excávenles, excávense | |
accusative | excávenme | not used | excávenlo, excávenla | excávennos | not used | excávenlos, excávenlas, excávense |
Derived terms
- excavador
Related terms
- excavación
- cavar
- escavar
Further reading
- “excavar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014