adarvar

Portuguese

Etymology

From adarve (“wall walk”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.daʁˈva(ʁ)/ [a.daɦˈva(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.daʁˈva(ʁ)/ [a.daɦˈva(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.daɾˈva(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.daʁˈva(ʁ)/ [a.daʁˈva(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.daɻˈva(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɐɾˈvaɾ/ [ɐ.ðɐɾˈvaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɐɾˈvaɾ/ [ɐ.ðɐɾˈvaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɐɾˈbaɾ/ [ɐ.ðɐɾˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.dɐɾˈva.ɾi/ [ɐ.ðɐɾˈva.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: a‧dar‧var

Verb

adarvar (first-person singular present adarvo, first-person singular preterite adarvei, past participle adarvado)

1. (transitive) to fortify with wall walk
   • 1940, Coelho Netto, Olavo Bilac, “Guararapes”, in A Pátria Brasileira, 27th edition, Rio de Janeiro: Francisco Alves:

     Compunha-se o exército pernambucano de dois mil e seiscentos soldados. Até o meio dia, os dois exércitos se prepararam. Dispunha-se a artilharia, adarvavam-se as trincheiras, estendiam-se as alas da infantaria.

     The Pernambucan army was composed by two thousand six hundred soldiers. Until noon, the two armies prepared. The artillery was deployed, the trenches were fortified, and the infantary flanks were extensive.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adarvar (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	adarvar
Personal	adarvar	adarvares	adarvar	adarvarmos	adarvardes	adarvarem
Gerund
	adarvando
Past participle
Masculine	adarvado			adarvados
Feminine	adarvada			adarvadas
Indicative
Present	adarvo	adarvas	adarva	adarvamos	adarvais	adarvam
Imperfect	adarvava	adarvavas	adarvava	adarvávamos	adarváveis	adarvavam
Preterite	adarvei	adarvaste	adarvou	adarvamos1, adarvámos2	adarvastes	adarvaram
Pluperfect	adarvara	adarvaras	adarvara	adarváramos	adarváreis	adarvaram
Future	adarvarei	adarvarás	adarvará	adarvaremos	adarvareis	adarvarão
Conditional	adarvaria	adarvarias	adarvaria	adarvaríamos	adarvaríeis	adarvariam
Subjunctive
Present	adarve	adarves	adarve	adarvemos	adarveis	adarvem
Imperfect	adarvasse	adarvasses	adarvasse	adarvássemos	adarvásseis	adarvassem
Future	adarvar	adarvares	adarvar	adarvarmos	adarvardes	adarvarem
Imperative
Affirmative		adarva	adarve	adarvemos	adarvai	adarvem
Negative (não)		não adarves	não adarve	não adarvemos	não adarveis	não adarvem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “adarvar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic ضَرْب (ḍarb, “to beat, strike”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /adaɾˈbaɾ/ [a.ð̞aɾˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧dar‧var

Verb

adarvar (first-person singular present adarvo, first-person singular preterite adarvé, past participle adarvado)

1. (transitive, rare) to stun, to shock

   Synonyms: pasmar, aturdir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of adarvar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			adarvar
gerund			adarvando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		adarvado		adarvada
		plural		adarvados		adarvadas
		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	adarvo	adarvastú adarvásvos	adarva	adarvamos	adarváis	adarvan
	imperfect	adarvaba	adarvabas	adarvaba	adarvábamos	adarvabais	adarvaban
	preterite	adarvé	adarvaste	adarvó	adarvamos	adarvasteis	adarvaron
	future	adarvaré	adarvarás	adarvará	adarvaremos	adarvaréis	adarvarán
	conditional	adarvaría	adarvarías	adarvaría	adarvaríamos	adarvaríais	adarvarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	adarve	adarvestú adarvésvos2	adarve	adarvemos	adarvéis	adarven
	imperfect (ra)	adarvara	adarvaras	adarvara	adarváramos	adarvarais	adarvaran
	imperfect (se)	adarvase	adarvases	adarvase	adarvásemos	adarvaseis	adarvasen
	future1	adarvare	adarvares	adarvare	adarváremos	adarvareis	adarvaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		adarvatú adarvávos	adarve	adarvemos	adarvad	adarven
	negative		no adarves	no adarve	no adarvemos	no adarvéis	no adarven

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Further reading

• “adarvar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10