reaver
English
Alternative forms
- reiver
- riever (archaic)
Etymology
From Middle English revere (also revour, reiver, refar, reavere), from Old English rēafere (“reaver; robber; spoiler”), equivalent to reave + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Roower, Dutch rover, German Räuber, Swedish rövare, Icelandic raufari.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iːvə(ɹ)
Noun
reaver (plural reavers)
- One who reaves, a border raider or cattle thief
Synonyms
- (at sea): see Thesaurus:pirate
Portuguese
Etymology
From re- + haver.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.aˈve(ʁ)/ [he.aˈve(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁe.aˈve(ɾ)/ [he.aˈve(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.aˈve(ʁ)/ [χe.aˈve(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.aˈve(ɻ)/ [he.aˈve(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁjɐˈveɾ/
- Hyphenation: re‧a‧ver
Verb
reaver (no stressed present indicative or subjunctive, first-person singular preterite reouve, past participle reavido)
- to recover, reacquire
- A polícia conseguiu reaver os bens roubados.
- The police was able to recover the stolen goods.
Conjugation
Conjugation of reaver (irregular; defective) (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 | reaver | |||||
| Personal | reaver | reaveres | reaver | reavermos | reaverdes | reaverem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| reavendo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | reavido | reavidos | ||||
| Feminine | reavida | reavidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | — | — | — | reavemos | reaveis | — |
| Imperfect | reavia | reavias | reavia | reavíamos | reavíeis | reaviam |
| Preterite | reouve | reouveste | reouve | reouvemos | reouvestes | reouveram |
| Pluperfect | reouvera | reouveras | reouvera | reouvéramos | reouvéreis | reouveram |
| Future | reaverei | reaverás | reaverá | reaveremos | reavereis | reaverão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| reaveria | reaverias | reaveria | reaveríamos | reaveríeis | reaveriam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Imperfect | reouvesse | reouvesses | reouvesse | reouvéssemos | reouvésseis | reouvessem |
| Future | reouver | reouveres | reouver | reouvermos | reouverdes | reouverem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | — | — | — | reavei | — | |
| Negative (não) | — | — | — | — | — | |