remover
English
Etymology
remove + -er
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈmuːvə/
Audio (Berkshire, UK)) (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ɹɪˈmuːvɚ/
Noun
remover (plural removers)
- Agent noun of remove; one who, or that which, removes.
- We had to take my little brother to the hospital when he swallowed some of my sister's nail-polish remover.
- (obsolete) An agitator.
- 1625, Francis [Bacon], “Of Fortune”, in The Essayes […], 3rd edition, London: […] Iohn Haviland for Hanna Barret, OCLC 863521290:
- A hasty fortune maketh an enterpriser and remover
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Derived terms
- make-up remover, makeup remover
- stain remover
Old French
Verb
remover
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of removoir
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese remover, from Latin removēre (“to remove”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.moˈve(ʁ)/ [he.moˈve(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ʁe.moˈve(ɾ)/ [he.moˈve(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.moˈve(ʁ)/ [χe.moˈve(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.moˈve(ɻ)/ [he.moˈve(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.muˈveɾ/
- Hyphenation: re‧mo‧ver
Verb
remover (first-person singular present removo, first-person singular preterite removi, past participle removido)
- to remove
Conjugation
Conjugation of remover (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 | remover | |||||
| Personal | remover | removeres | remover | removermos | removerdes | removerem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| removendo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | removido | removidos | ||||
| Feminine | removida | removidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | removo | removes | remove | removemos | removeis | removem |
| Imperfect | removia | removias | removia | removíamos | removíeis | removiam |
| Preterite | removi | removeste | removeu | removemos | removestes | removeram |
| Pluperfect | removera | removeras | removera | removêramos | removêreis | removeram |
| Future | removerei | removerás | removerá | removeremos | removereis | removerão |
| Conditional | ||||||
| removeria | removerias | removeria | removeríamos | removeríeis | removeriam | |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | remova | removas | remova | removamos | removais | removam |
| Imperfect | removesse | removesses | removesse | removêssemos | removêsseis | removessem |
| Future | remover | removeres | remover | removermos | removerdes | removerem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | remove | remova | removamos | removei | removam | |
| Negative (não) | não removas | não remova | não removamos | não removais | não removam | |
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin removeō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /remoˈbeɾ/ [re.moˈβ̞eɾ]
- Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: re‧mo‧ver
Verb
remover (first-person singular present remuevo, first-person singular preterite removí, past participle removido)
- to stir (a liquid)
- Synonym: revolver
- to remove, to take away, to move
- Synonym: quitar
- to dismiss
- to disturb, to upset
Conjugation
Conjugation of remover (o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | remover | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | removiendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | removido | removida | |||||
| plural | removidos | removidas | |||||
| 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 | remuevo | remuevestú removésvos | remueve | removemos | removéis | remueven | |
| imperfect | removía | removías | removía | removíamos | removíais | removían | |
| preterite | removí | removiste | removió | removimos | removisteis | removieron | |
| future | removeré | removerás | removerá | removeremos | removeréis | removerán | |
| conditional | removería | removerías | removería | removeríamos | removeríais | removerían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | remueva | remuevastú removásvos2 | remueva | removamos | remováis | remuevan | |
| imperfect (ra) | removiera | removieras | removiera | removiéramos | removierais | removieran | |
| imperfect (se) | removiese | removieses | removiese | removiésemos | removieseis | removiesen | |
| future1 | removiere | removieres | removiere | removiéremos | removiereis | removieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | remuevetú removévos | remueva | removamos | removed | remuevan | ||
| negative | no remuevas | no remueva | no removamos | no remováis | no remuevan | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Selected combined forms of remover (o-ue alternation)
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 remover | |||||||
| dative | removerme | removerte | removerle, removerse | removernos | removeros | removerles, removerse | |
| accusative | removerme | removerte | removerlo, removerla, removerse | removernos | removeros | removerlos, removerlas, removerse | |
| with gerund removiendo | |||||||
| dative | removiéndome | removiéndote | removiéndole, removiéndose | removiéndonos | removiéndoos | removiéndoles, removiéndose | |
| accusative | removiéndome | removiéndote | removiéndolo, removiéndola, removiéndose | removiéndonos | removiéndoos | removiéndolos, removiéndolas, removiéndose | |
| with informal second-person singular tú imperative remueve | |||||||
| dative | remuéveme | remuévete | remuévele | remuévenos | not used | remuéveles | |
| accusative | remuéveme | remuévete | remuévelo, remuévela | remuévenos | not used | remuévelos, remuévelas | |
| with informal second-person singular vos imperative remové | |||||||
| dative | removeme | removete | removele | removenos | not used | removeles | |
| accusative | removeme | removete | removelo, removela | removenos | not used | removelos, removelas | |
| with formal second-person singular imperative remueva | |||||||
| dative | remuévame | not used | remuévale, remuévase | remuévanos | not used | remuévales | |
| accusative | remuévame | not used | remuévalo, remuévala, remuévase | remuévanos | not used | remuévalos, remuévalas | |
| with first-person plural imperative removamos | |||||||
| dative | not used | removámoste | removámosle | removámonos | removámoos | removámosles | |
| accusative | not used | removámoste | removámoslo, removámosla | removámonos | removámoos | removámoslos, removámoslas | |
| with informal second-person plural imperative removed | |||||||
| dative | removedme | not used | removedle | removednos | removeos | removedles | |
| accusative | removedme | not used | removedlo, removedla | removednos | removeos | removedlos, removedlas | |
| with formal second-person plural imperative remuevan | |||||||
| dative | remuévanme | not used | remuévanle | remuévannos | not used | remuévanles, remuévanse | |
| accusative | remuévanme | not used | remuévanlo, remuévanla | remuévannos | not used | remuévanlos, remuévanlas, remuévanse | |
Derived terms
- removedor
- removible
- removimiento
Related terms
- mover
- remoción
Further reading
- “remover”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014