cavilar

Asturian

Verb

cavilar (first-person singular indicative present cavilo, past participle caviláu)

1. 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

Learned borrowing from Latin cavillārī. First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑβiˈlaɾ]

Verb

cavilar (first-person singular present cavilo, first-person singular preterite cavilei, past participle cavilado)

1. to reflect; to think through

Conjugation

    Conjugation of cavilar

	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	cavilar
Personal	cavilar	cavilares	cavilar	cavilarmos	cavilardes	cavilaren
Gerund
	cavilando
Past participle
Masculine	cavilado			cavilados
Feminine	cavilada			caviladas
Indicative
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
Present	cavile	caviles	cavile	cavilemos	caviledes	cavilen
Imperfect	cavilase	cavilases	cavilase	cavilásemos	cavilásedes	cavilasen
Future	cavilar	cavilares	cavilar	cavilarmos	cavilardes	cavilaren
Imperative
Affirmative		cavila	cavile	cavilemos	cavilade	cavilen
Negative (non)		non caviles	non cavile	non cavilemos	non caviledes	non cavilen

    Reintegrated conjugation of cavilar (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	cavilar
Personal	cavilar	cavilares	cavilar	cavilarmos	cavilardes	cavilarem
Gerund
	cavilando
Past participle
Masculine	cavilado			cavilados
Feminine	cavilada			caviladas
Indicative
Present	cavilo	cavilas	cavila	cavilamos	cavilades, cavilais	cavilam
Imperfect	cavilava	cavilavas	cavilava	cavilávamos	cavilávades, caviláveis, cavilávais1	cavilavam
Preterite	cavilei	cavilaste, cavilache1	cavilou	cavilamos	cavilastes	cavilárom, cavilaram
Pluperfect	cavilara	cavilaras	cavilara	caviláramos	cavilárades, caviláreis, cavilárais1	cavilaram
Future	cavilarei	cavilarás	cavilará	cavilaremos	cavilaredes, cavilareis	cavilarám, cavilarão
Conditional	cavilaria	cavilarias	cavilaria	cavilaríamos	cavilaríades, cavilaríeis, cavilaríais1	cavilariam
Subjunctive
Present	cavile	caviles	cavile	cavilemos	caviledes, cavileis	cavilem
Imperfect	cavilasse	cavilasses	cavilasse	cavilássemos	cavilássedes, cavilásseis	cavilassem
Future	cavilar	cavilares	cavilar	cavilarmos	cavilardes	cavilarem
Imperative
Affirmative		cavila	cavile	cavilemos	cavilade, cavilai	cavilem
Negative (nom)		nom caviles	nom cavile	nom cavilemos	nom caviledes, nom cavileis	nom cavilem

¹Less recommended.

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cavilar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “cavilar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cavilar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cavilar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cavillārī.

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)

1. (transitive) to think (something) through; to reflect

   Synonym: reflexionar

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 (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28