lavar

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lavāre.

Verb

lavar (ORB, broad)

to wash

References

laver in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
lavar in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lavar, from Latin lavāre (“to wash”). Cognate with Portuguese 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
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	lavar
Personal	lavar	lavares	lavar	lavarmos	lavardes	lavaren
Gerund
	lavando
Past participle
Masculine	lavado			lavados
Feminine	lavada			lavadas
Indicative
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
Present	lave	laves	lave	lavemos	lavedes	laven
Imperfect	lavase	lavases	lavase	lavásemos	lavásedes	lavasen
Future	lavar	lavares	lavar	lavarmos	lavardes	lavaren
Imperative
Affirmative		lava	lave	lavemos	lavade	laven
Negative (non)		non laves	non lave	non lavemos	non lavedes	non laven

Reintegrated conjugation of lavar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / 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	lavades, lavais	lavam
Imperfect	lavava	lavavas	lavava	lavávamos	lavávades, laváveis, lavávais¹	lavavam
Preterite	lavei	lavaste, lavache¹	lavou	lavamos	lavastes	lavárom, lavaram
Pluperfect	lavara	lavaras	lavara	laváramos	lavárades, laváreis, lavárais¹	lavaram
Future	lavarei	lavarás	lavará	lavaremos	lavaredes, lavareis	lavarám, lavarão
Conditional	lavaria	lavarias	lavaria	lavaríamos	lavaríades, lavaríeis, lavaríais¹	lavariam
Subjunctive
Present	lave	laves	lave	lavemos	lavedes, laveis	lavem
Imperfect	lavasse	lavasses	lavasse	lavássemos	lavássedes, lavásseis	lavassem
Future	lavar	lavares	lavar	lavarmos	lavardes	lavarem
Imperative
Affirmative		lava	lave	lavemos	lavade, lavai	lavem
Negative (nom)		nom laves	nom lave	nom lavemos	nom lavedes, nom laveis	nom lavem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

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
nominal active participle	plural	lavanti	lavinti	lavonti
adjective passive participle		lavata	lavita	lavota
adverbial passive participle		lavate	lavite	lavote
nominal passive participle	singular	lavato	lavito	lavoto
nominal passive participle	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
person		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
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			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
person		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
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			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
person		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
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			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
person		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
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			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
person		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
compound tenses	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
imperative			lava		lavem	lavatz	¹Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lavāre. Cognate with Old Spanish lavar and Old French laver.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /la.ˈβaɾ/
Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

lavar

to wash

Conjugation

Conjugation of lavar

infinitive		compound		infinitive of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
infinitive		simple		lavar
gerund		simple		lavando
gerund		compound		gerund of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		lavado		lavados
		feminine		lavada		lavadas
present participle				lavante		lavantes
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	lavo	lavas	lava	lavamos	lavades	lavan
	imperfect	lavava	lavavas	lavava	lavavamos, lavávamos	lavavades, lavávades	lavavan
	preterite	lavei	lavaste, lavasche, lavache	lavou	lavamos	lavastes	lavaron
	pluperfect	lavara	lavaras	lavara	lavaramos, laváramos	lavarades, lavárades	lavaran
	future	lavarei	lavarás	lavará	lavaremos	lavaredes	lavarán
	conditional	lavaria	lavarias	lavaria	lavariamos, lavaríamos	lavariades, lavaríades	lavarian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
	present imperfect	imperfect of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
	pluperfect	simple pluperfect of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	lave	laves	lave	lavemos	lavedes	laven
	preterite	lavasse	lavasses	lavasse	lavássemos	lavássedes	lavassen
	future	lavar	lavares	lavar	lavarmos	lavardes	lavaren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
	pluperfect	preterite subjunctive of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver¹ or tẽer² + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	lava	lave	lavemos	lavade	—
negative		—	non laves	non lave	non lavemos	non lavedes	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela vossa mercee	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
personal infinitive		lavar	lavares	lavar	lavarmos	lavardes	lavaren
¹ Its alternative spelling, aver, can be used as well. ² Teer and ter were used too, though all 3 were less common than forms of "haver".

Descendants

Galician: lavar
Portuguese: lavar

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lavar, from Latin lavāre (“to wash”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”). Compare Galician and Spanish lavar, French laver, and Italian lavare.

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/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈbaɾ/ [lɐˈβaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈva.ɾi/

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

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lavar.

Derived terms

Related terms

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lavāre (“to wash”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laˈbaɾ/ [laˈβ̞aɾ]
Audio (Spain): (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)

		singular			plural
infinitive			lavar
gerund			lavando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		lavado		lavada
		plural		lavados		lavadas
		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	lavas^{^tú} lavás^{^vos}	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	laves^{^tú} lavés^{^vos²}	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		lava^{^tú} lavá^{^vos}	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

Related terms

Anagrams

larva

Swedish

Noun

lavar

indefinite plural of lav (“moss”)
indefinite plural of lave (“bench in a sauna”)

Anagrams

Alvar, larva, valar

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Verb

References

Galician

Etymology

Verb

Conjugation

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Further reading

Ido

Verb

Conjugation

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Occitan

Etymology

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Verb

Conjugation

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

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Verb

Conjugation

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

Quotations

Derived terms

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Spanish

Etymology

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Verb

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Swedish

Noun

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