desvelar
Asturian
[edit]Verb
[edit]desvelar (first-person singular indicative present desvelo, past participle desveláu)
- to reveal
Conjugation
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From des- + velar (“to veil”).
Verb
[edit]desvelar (first-person singular present desvelo, first-person singular preterite desvelí, past participle desvelat)(transitive)
- to unveil
- Synonym: desenvelar
- (figurative) to reveal, to uncover
Conjugation
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “desvelar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: des‧ve‧lar
Verb
[edit]desvelar (first-person singular present desvelo, first-person singular preterite desvelei, past participle desvelado)
- (transitive) to uncover, to unveil
Conjugation
[edit]1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
[edit]- “desvelar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From des- + velar, or more likely derived from Latin ēvigilāre (“awaken”), with the prefix des-, from Latin dis-;[1] compare Portuguese desvelar, Catalan desvetllar, Occitan desvelhar.
Verb
[edit]desvelar (first-person singular present desvelo, first-person singular preterite desvelé, past participle desvelado)
- (transitive, reflexive) to prevent someone from sleeping; to keep awake
- (transitive, reflexive) to be unable to sleep
- (reflexive) to be vigilant
- (reflexive, figuratively) to work tirelessly
Etymology 2
[edit]From des- + velar (“to veil”).
Verb
[edit]desvelar (first-person singular present desvelo, first-person singular preterite desvelé, past participle desvelado)
- (transitive) to reveal, unveil
Conjugation
[edit]These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “desvelar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
[edit]- “desvelar”, 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
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