ovillar

Spanish

Etymology

From ovillo +‎ -ar, from Vulgar Latin globellus (possibly through a form *lobellus), diminutive of Latin globus. Cf. also Portuguese novelo.

Verb

ovillar (first-person singular present ovillo, first-person singular preterite ovillé, past participle ovillado)

1. to roll into a ball

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ovillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			ovillar
gerund			ovillando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		ovillado		ovillada
		plural		ovillados		ovilladas
		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	ovillo	ovillastú ovillásvos	ovilla	ovillamos	ovilláis	ovillan
	imperfect	ovillaba	ovillabas	ovillaba	ovillábamos	ovillabais	ovillaban
	preterite	ovillé	ovillaste	ovilló	ovillamos	ovillasteis	ovillaron
	future	ovillaré	ovillarás	ovillará	ovillaremos	ovillaréis	ovillarán
	conditional	ovillaría	ovillarías	ovillaría	ovillaríamos	ovillaríais	ovillarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	oville	ovillestú ovillésvos2	oville	ovillemos	ovilléis	ovillen
	imperfect (ra)	ovillara	ovillaras	ovillara	ovilláramos	ovillarais	ovillaran
	imperfect (se)	ovillase	ovillases	ovillase	ovillásemos	ovillaseis	ovillasen
	future1	ovillare	ovillares	ovillare	ovilláremos	ovillareis	ovillaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		ovillatú ovillávos	oville	ovillemos	ovillad	ovillen
	negative		no ovilles	no oville	no ovillemos	no ovilléis	no ovillen

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

Further reading

• “ovillar”, 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