lavar
Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese lavar, from Latin lavāre (“to wash”). Cognate with Portuguese lavar and Spanish lavar.
Verb
lavar (first-person singular present lavo, first-person singular preterite lavei, past participle lavado)
- to wash
Conjugation
Conjugation of lavar
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | lavar | |||||
| personal | lavar | lavares | lavar | lavarmos | lavardes | lavaren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| lavando | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | lavado | lavados | ||||
| feminine | lavada | lavadas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| 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 | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | lave | laves | lave | lavemos | lavedes | laven |
| preterite | lavase | lavases | lavase | lavásemos | lavásedes | lavasen |
| future | lavar | lavares | lavar | lavarmos | lavardes | lavaren |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | lava | lave | lavemos | lavade | laven |
| negative | – | laves | lave | lavemos | lavedes | laven |
Derived terms
- lavado
- lavadura
Further reading
- “lavar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Ido
Verb
lavar (present tense lavas, past tense lavis, future tense lavos, imperative lavez, conditional lavus)
- (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, present active infinitive of lavō (“I wash”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
lavar
- 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 Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin lavāre. Cognate with Old French laver.
Verb
lavar
- to wash
Descendants
- Galician: lavar
- Portuguese: lavar
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese lavar, from Latin lavāre (“to wash”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”). Cognate with Galician lavar and Spanish lavar.
Pronunciation
- (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/
- Hyphenation: la‧var
Verb
lavar (first-person singular present lavo, first-person singular preterite lavei, past participle lavado)
- 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 | |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
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
From Latin lavāre, present active infinitive of lavō (“to wash”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laˈbaɾ/ [laˈβ̞aɾ]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: la‧var
Verb
lavar (first-person singular present lavo, first-person singular preterite lavé, past participle lavado)
- (transitive) to wash
- Synonym: asear
- (transitive) to wipe, clear (disgrace, doubt, etc.)
- (reflexive) to wash oneself
- (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
- lavarropas
- lavarse las manos
- lavatrastos
- lavavajillas
Related terms
- lavable
- lavabo
- lavada
- lavadero
- lavado
- lavador
- lavadora
- lavadura
- lavaje
- lavandería
- lavarse
- lavatorio
- loción
Further reading
- “lavar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- larva
Swedish
Noun
lavar
- indefinite plural of lav.
- indefinite plural of lave.
Anagrams
- Alvar, larva, valar