avea

See also: avéa, avẽa, and avé a

Galician

avea

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese avẽa, from Latin avēna (“oats”). Cognate with Portuguese aveia and Spanish avena.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈβea̝/

Noun

avea f (plural aveas)

1. oat
   • 1331, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra, Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 542:

     de quanto centeo e auea e orjo labraren en ese Regengo ha de auer o arcobispo ou seu mayordomo a meadad despois que os labradores tomaren o seu dereito

     of all the rye, oat and barley that they would grow in this crown's possession, the archbishop or his steward must have half of it, after the laborers have taken their parts

   • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 61:

     Jtem. deue o potro comer feo, palla, herua, orio, auea, espelqa, que quer dizer melga, et as qousas semellauelles a esto, que naturalmente som para seu comer.

     Item. The foal must eat hay, straw, grass, barley, oat, spelt —that is, melga— and things that are similar to these, which are naturally for them to eat

Derived terms

• aveal
• Aveal

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “auea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “auea”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “avea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “avea”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “avea”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈve.a/
• Rhymes: -ea
• Hyphenation: a‧vé‧a
• chiefly in synalepha as [aˈvea̯], for metric purposes

Verb

avea

1. (poetic, literary) Alternative form of aveva

Romanian

Etymology

Inherited from Latin habēre (“have, hold, possess”), probably from a Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈve̯a/

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Verb

a avea (third-person singular present are, past participle avut) 2nd conjugation

1. (transitive) to have

   Eu am o soră.

   I have a sister.

2. (reflexive, accusative, often with cu) to stand

   a se avea bine/rău (cu cineva)

   to be on good/bad terms (with someone)

3. (auxiliary) Used to form other tenses.
   1. Used with past participles to form the compound perfect tense.: to have (done)

      Eu te-am văzut pe tine.

      I have seen you.

      Te-a văzut pe tine?

      Has he seen you?

   2. Used with a subjunctive to form a variant of the future tense.

      Am să te vizitez odată.

      I will visit you sometime.

   3. Used with an infinitive to form the conditional present tense.

      Aș face-o dacă aș putea.

      I would do it if I could.

      Ai vrea să vii cu mine?

      Would you like to come with me?

   4. Used with fi and a past participle to form the conditional perfect tense.

      Aș fi venit dacă aș fi avut timp.

      I would have come if I had time.

   5. Used with de and a past participle: to have to

      Nu ai de făcut asta dacă nu vrei

      You don't have to do this if you don't want.

Usage notes

• The verb avea has three conjugations, shown below: one when used as a full verb or to form the future tense (el/ea are), one when forming the compound perfect tense (el/ea a) and one when forming the conditional present and past tenses (el/ea ar).
• Note that the singular pluperfect forms avusem, avuseși and avuse, as well as the third plural form avuseră, are to be avoided. The forms avusesem, avuseseși, avusese and avuseseră should be used instead. See here: https://dexonline.ro/definitie/avea/paradigma.

Conjugation

    conjugation of avea (second conjugation, past participle in -ut)

infinitive			a avea
gerund			având
past participle			avut
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	am	ai	are	avem	aveți	au
	imperfect	aveam	aveai	avea	aveam	aveați	aveau
	simple perfect	avui	avuși	avu	avurăm	avurăți	avură
	pluperfect	avusem	avuseși	avuse	avuserăm	avuserăți	avuseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să am	să ai	să aibă	să avem	să aveți	să aibă
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		ai			aveți
	negative		nu avea			nu aveți

    conjugation of avea (auxiliary verb, forms the perfect compus tense)

number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	am	ai	a	am	ați	au

    conjugation of avea (auxiliary verb, forms the conditional tense)

number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	aș	ai	ar	am	ați	ar

Derived terms

• avere
• avut
• avuție
• înavuți