evaluar

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English evaluate, French évaluer, Italian valutare, Spanish evaluar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e.va.lu.ˈar/, /ɛ.va.lu.ˈaɾ/

Verb

evaluar (present tense evaluas, past tense evaluis, future tense evaluos, imperative evaluez, conditional evaluus)

1. (transitive) to evaluate, value; to estimate the worth of, to rate at a certain price; to reckon the amount of; to appraise

   On evaluas la revenuo di ta sioro a 10000 franki; ed on taxas ol a 400 franki, segun la proporciono di 4 po 100.

   You evaluate the income of that man to 10,000 francs; and you tax it 400 francs, according to the ratio of 4 by 100.

Conjugation

Conjugation of evaluar

		present		past		future
infinitive		evaluar		evaluir		evaluor
tense		evaluas		evaluis		evaluos
conditional		evaluus		—		—
imperative		evaluez		—		—
adjective active participle		evaluanta		evaluinta		evaluonta
adverbial active participle		evaluante		evaluinte		evaluonte
nominal active participle	singular	evaluanto		evaluinto		evaluonto
	plural	evaluanti		evaluinti		evaluonti
adjective passive participle		evaluata		evaluita		evaluota
adverbial passive participle		evaluate		evaluite		evaluote
nominal passive participle	singular	evaluato		evaluito		evaluoto
	plural	evaluati		evaluiti		evaluoti

Synonyms

• mezurar (“to measure (with an instrument)”)

Derived terms

• evaluo (“valuation, estimate”)
• evaluado (“valuation, estimate”)
• evaluebla (“ratable; appreciable”)

See also

• expertizar (“to survey, appraise, assess”)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French évaluer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ebaˈlwaɾ/ [e.β̞aˈlwaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: e‧va‧luar

Verb

evaluar (first-person singular present evalúo, first-person singular preterite evalué, past participle evaluado)

1. to evaluate
2. to assess

Conjugation

    Conjugation of evaluar (u-ú alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			evaluar
gerund			evaluando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		evaluado		evaluada
		plural		evaluados		evaluadas
		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	evalúo	evalúastú evaluásvos	evalúa	evaluamos	evaluáis	evalúan
	imperfect	evaluaba	evaluabas	evaluaba	evaluábamos	evaluabais	evaluaban
	preterite	evalué	evaluaste	evaluó	evaluamos	evaluasteis	evaluaron
	future	evaluaré	evaluarás	evaluará	evaluaremos	evaluaréis	evaluarán
	conditional	evaluaría	evaluarías	evaluaría	evaluaríamos	evaluaríais	evaluarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	evalúe	evalúestú evaluésvos2	evalúe	evaluemos	evaluéis	evalúen
	imperfect (ra)	evaluara	evaluaras	evaluara	evaluáramos	evaluarais	evaluaran
	imperfect (se)	evaluase	evaluases	evaluase	evaluásemos	evaluaseis	evaluasen
	future1	evaluare	evaluares	evaluare	evaluáremos	evaluareis	evaluaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		evalúatú evaluávos	evalúe	evaluemos	evaluad	evalúen
	negative		no evalúes	no evalúe	no evaluemos	no evaluéis	no evalúen

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

    Selected combined forms of evaluar (u-ú alternation)

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 evaluar	dative	evaluarme	evaluarte	evaluarle, evaluarse	evaluarnos	evaluaros	evaluarles, evaluarse
	accusative	evaluarme	evaluarte	evaluarlo, evaluarla, evaluarse	evaluarnos	evaluaros	evaluarlos, evaluarlas, evaluarse
with gerund evaluando	dative	evaluándome	evaluándote	evaluándole, evaluándose	evaluándonos	evaluándoos	evaluándoles, evaluándose
	accusative	evaluándome	evaluándote	evaluándolo, evaluándola, evaluándose	evaluándonos	evaluándoos	evaluándolos, evaluándolas, evaluándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative evalúa	dative	evalúame	evalúate	evalúale	evalúanos	not used	evalúales
	accusative	evalúame	evalúate	evalúalo, evalúala	evalúanos	not used	evalúalos, evalúalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative evaluá	dative	evaluame	evaluate	evaluale	evaluanos	not used	evaluales
	accusative	evaluame	evaluate	evalualo, evaluala	evaluanos	not used	evalualos, evalualas
with formal second-person singular imperative evalúe	dative	evalúeme	not used	evalúele, evalúese	evalúenos	not used	evalúeles
	accusative	evalúeme	not used	evalúelo, evalúela, evalúese	evalúenos	not used	evalúelos, evalúelas
with first-person plural imperative evaluemos	dative	not used	evaluémoste	evaluémosle	evaluémonos	evaluémoos	evaluémosles
	accusative	not used	evaluémoste	evaluémoslo, evaluémosla	evaluémonos	evaluémoos	evaluémoslos, evaluémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative evaluad	dative	evaluadme	not used	evaluadle	evaluadnos	evaluaos	evaluadles
	accusative	evaluadme	not used	evaluadlo, evaluadla	evaluadnos	evaluaos	evaluadlos, evaluadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative evalúen	dative	evalúenme	not used	evalúenle	evalúennos	not used	evalúenles, evalúense
	accusative	evalúenme	not used	evalúenlo, evalúenla	evalúennos	not used	evalúenlos, evalúenlas, evalúense

Derived terms

• evaluador
• evaluativo

Further reading

• “evaluar”, 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