cavilar
Asturian
Verb
cavilar (first-person singular indicative present cavilo, past participle caviláu)
- to reflect; think through
Conjugation
Conjugation of cavilar
| infinitive | cavilar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | cavilando | ||||||
| past participle | m caviláu, f cavilada, n cavilao, m pl cavilaos, f pl cavilaes | ||||||
| person | first singular yo | second singular tu | third singular él/elli | first plural nosotros/nós | second plural vosotros/vós | third plural ellos | |
| indicative | present | cavilo | caviles | cavila | cavilamos | caviláis | cavilen |
| imperfect | cavilaba | cavilabes | cavilaba | cavilábemos, cavilábamos | cavilabeis, cavilabais | cavilaben | |
| preterite | cavilé | cavilasti, cavilesti | caviló | cavilemos | cavilastis, cavilestis | cavilaron | |
| pluperfect | cavilare, cavilara | cavilares, cavilaras | cavilare, cavilara | caviláremos, caviláramos | cavilareis, cavilarais | cavilaren, cavilaran | |
| future | cavilaré | cavilarás | cavilará | cavilaremos | cavilaréis | cavilarán | |
| conditional | cavilaría | cavilaríes | cavilaría | cavilaríemos, cavilaríamos | cavilaríeis, cavilaríais | cavilaríen | |
| subjunctive | present | cavile | caviles, cavilas | cavile | cavilemos | caviléis | cavilen, cavilan |
| imperfect | cavilare, cavilara | cavilares, cavilaras | cavilare, cavilara | caviláremos, caviláramos | cavilareis, cavilarais | cavilaren, cavilaran | |
| imperative | — | cavila | — | — | cavilái | — | |
Galician
Etymology
Attested since the 19th century. Borrowed from Latin cavillāre, present active infinitive of cavillor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kɑβiˈlaɾ]
Verb
cavilar (first-person singular present cavilo, first-person singular preterite cavilei, past participle cavilado)
- to reflect; to think through
Conjugation
Conjugation of cavilar
| singular | plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| Infinitive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| impersonal | cavilar | |||||
| personal | cavilar | cavilares | cavilar | cavilarmos | cavilardes | cavilaren |
| Gerund | ||||||
| cavilando | ||||||
| Past participle | singular | plural | ||||
| masculine | cavilado | cavilados | ||||
| feminine | cavilada | caviladas | ||||
| Indicative | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | cavilo | cavilas | cavila | cavilamos | cavilades | cavilan |
| imperfect | cavilaba | cavilabas | cavilaba | cavilabamos | cavilabades | cavilaban |
| preterite | cavilei | cavilaches | cavilou | cavilamos | cavilastes | cavilaron |
| pluperfect | cavilara | cavilaras | cavilara | cavilaramos | cavilarades | cavilaran |
| future | cavilarei | cavilarás | cavilará | cavilaremos | cavilaredes | cavilarán |
| conditional | cavilaría | cavilarías | cavilaría | cavilariamos | cavilariades | cavilarían |
| Subjunctive | eu | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| present | cavile | caviles | cavile | cavilemos | caviledes | cavilen |
| preterite | cavilase | cavilases | cavilase | cavilásemos | cavilásedes | cavilasen |
| future | cavilar | cavilares | cavilar | cavilarmos | cavilardes | cavilaren |
| Imperative | – | ti | el/ela/Vde. | nós | vós | eles/elas/Vdes. |
| affirmative | – | cavila | cavile | cavilemos | cavilade | cavilen |
| negative | – | caviles | cavile | cavilemos | caviledes | cavilen |
References
- “cavilar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cavilar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cavilar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin cavillāre, present active infinitive of cavillor.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kabiˈlaɾ/ [ka.β̞iˈlaɾ]
- Rhymes: -aɾ
- Syllabification: ca‧vi‧lar
Verb
cavilar (first-person singular present cavilo, first-person singular preterite cavilé, past participle cavilado)
- (transitive) to think (something) through; to reflect
Conjugation
Conjugation of cavilar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | cavilar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | cavilando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | cavilado | cavilada | |||||
| plural | cavilados | caviladas | |||||
| 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 | cavilo | cavilastú cavilásvos | cavila | cavilamos | caviláis | cavilan | |
| imperfect | cavilaba | cavilabas | cavilaba | cavilábamos | cavilabais | cavilaban | |
| preterite | cavilé | cavilaste | caviló | cavilamos | cavilasteis | cavilaron | |
| future | cavilaré | cavilarás | cavilará | cavilaremos | cavilaréis | cavilarán | |
| conditional | cavilaría | cavilarías | cavilaría | cavilaríamos | cavilaríais | cavilarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | cavile | cavilestú cavilésvos2 | cavile | cavilemos | caviléis | cavilen | |
| imperfect (ra) | cavilara | cavilaras | cavilara | caviláramos | cavilarais | cavilaran | |
| imperfect (se) | cavilase | cavilases | cavilase | cavilásemos | cavilaseis | cavilasen | |
| future1 | cavilare | cavilares | cavilare | caviláremos | cavilareis | cavilaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
| affirmative | cavilatú cavilávos | cavile | cavilemos | cavilad | cavilen | ||
| negative | no caviles | no cavile | no cavilemos | no caviléis | no cavilen | ||
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
Further reading
- “cavilar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014