ovar
See also: Ovar, óvar, övar, and ovar-
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic *uber.
Preposition
ovar
- over
Adverb
ovar
- over
Portuguese
Etymology
From ovo + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /oˈva(ʁ)/ [oˈva(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /oˈva(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /oˈva(ʁ)/ [oˈva(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /oˈva(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔˈvaɾ/
Audio (Portugal) (file) - Homophone: Ovar
- Hyphenation: o‧var
Verb
ovar (first-person singular present ovo, first-person singular preterite ovei, past participle ovado)
- to lay eggs
Conjugation
Conjugation of ovar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (tu) | Third-person (ele / ela / você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | ovar | |||||
Personal | ovar | ovares | ovar | ovarmos | ovardes | ovarem |
Gerund | ||||||
ovando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | ovado | ovados | ||||
Feminine | ovada | ovadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | ovo | ovas | ova | ovamos | ovais | ovam |
Imperfect | ovava | ovavas | ovava | ovávamos | ováveis | ovavam |
Preterite | ovei | ovaste | ovou | ovamos1, ovámos2 | ovastes | ovaram |
Pluperfect | ovara | ovaras | ovara | ováramos | ováreis | ovaram |
Future | ovarei | ovarás | ovará | ovaremos | ovareis | ovarão |
Conditional | ||||||
ovaria | ovarias | ovaria | ovaríamos | ovaríeis | ovariam | |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | ove | oves | ove | ovemos | oveis | ovem |
Imperfect | ovasse | ovasses | ovasse | ovássemos | ovásseis | ovassem |
Future | ovar | ovares | ovar | ovarmos | ovardes | ovarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | ova | ove | ovemos | ovai | ovem | |
Negative (não) | não oves | não ove | não ovemos | não oveis | não ovem |
1Brazil.
2Portugal.
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin ovarium or French ovaire.
Noun
ovar n (plural ovare)
- ovary
Declension
Declension of ovar
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) ovar | ovarul | (niște) ovare | ovarele |
genitive/dative | (unui) ovar | ovarului | (unor) ovare | ovarelor |
vocative | ovarule | ovarelor |
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin ovum (“egg”). Equivalent to ovo (“egg-shaped decoration”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈbaɾ/ [oˈβ̞aɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: o‧var
Verb
ovar (first-person singular present ovo, first-person singular preterite ové, past participle ovado)
- to lay (eggs)
Conjugation
Conjugation of ovar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive | ovar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | ovando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | ovado | ovada | |||||
plural | ovados | ovadas | |||||
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 | ovo | ovastú ovásvos | ova | ovamos | ováis | ovan | |
imperfect | ovaba | ovabas | ovaba | ovábamos | ovabais | ovaban | |
preterite | ové | ovaste | ovó | ovamos | ovasteis | ovaron | |
future | ovaré | ovarás | ovará | ovaremos | ovaréis | ovarán | |
conditional | ovaría | ovarías | ovaría | ovaríamos | ovaríais | ovarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | ove | ovestú ovésvos2 | ove | ovemos | ovéis | oven | |
imperfect (ra) | ovara | ovaras | ovara | ováramos | ovarais | ovaran | |
imperfect (se) | ovase | ovases | ovase | ovásemos | ovaseis | ovasen | |
future1 | ovare | ovares | ovare | ováremos | ovareis | ovaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | ovatú ovávos | ove | ovemos | ovad | oven | ||
negative | no oves | no ove | no ovemos | no ovéis | no oven |
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “ovar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014