novar

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin novāre.

Verb

novar (first-person singular present novo, first-person singular preterite nové, past participle novado)

1. (law) to novate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of novar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			novar
gerund			novando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		novado		novada
		plural		novados		novadas
		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	novo	novastú novásvos	nova	novamos	nováis	novan
	imperfect	novaba	novabas	novaba	novábamos	novabais	novaban
	preterite	nové	novaste	novó	novamos	novasteis	novaron
	future	novaré	novarás	novará	novaremos	novaréis	novarán
	conditional	novaría	novarías	novaría	novaríamos	novaríais	novarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	nove	novestú novésvos2	nove	novemos	novéis	noven
	imperfect (ra)	novara	novaras	novara	nováramos	novarais	novaran
	imperfect (se)	novase	novases	novase	novásemos	novaseis	novasen
	future1	novare	novares	novare	nováremos	novareis	novaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		novatú novávos	nove	novemos	novad	noven
	negative		no noves	no nove	no novemos	no novéis	no noven

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

Related terms

• novación

 

Further reading

• “novar”, 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