cavar

Occitan

Verb

cavar

to dig

Conjugation

Lengadocian (Standard Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		cavar			èsser cavat
past participle		cavat			-
gerund		cavant			èssent cavat
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cavi	cavas	cava	cavam	cavatz	cavan
	imperfect	cavavi	cavavas	cavava	cavàvem	cavàvetz	cavavan
	preterite	cavèri	cavères	cavèt	cavèrem	cavèretz	cavèron
	future	cavarai	cavaràs	cavarà	cavarem	cavaretz	cavaràn
conditional		cavariái	cavariás	cavariá	cavariam	cavariatz	cavarián
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cave	caves	cave	cavem	cavetz	caven
	imperfect	cavèssi	cavèsses	cavèsse	cavèssem	cavèssetz	cavèsson
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
imperative			cava		cavem	cavatz

Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		cavar			èsser cavat
past participle		cavat			-
gerund		cavant			èssent cavat
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cave	caves	cava	cavam	cavatz	cavon
	imperfect	cavave	cavaves	cavava	cavaviam	cavaviatz	cavavon
	preterite	cavere	caveres	cavet	cavem	cavetz	caveron
	future	cavarai	cavaràs	cavará	cavarem	cavaretz	cavarán
conditional		cavariá	cavariás	cavariá	cavariam	cavariatz	cavarián
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cave	caves	cave	cavassiam	cavassiatz	cavon
	imperfect	cavesse	cavesses	cavesse	cavessiam	cavessiatz	cavesson
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
imperative			cava		cavassiam	cavatz

Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		cavar			èsser cavat
past participle		cavat			-
gerund		cavant			èssent cavat
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cavi	cavas	cava	cavam	cavatz	cavan
	imperfect	cavavi	cavavas	cavava	cavàvam	cavàvatz	cavavan
	preterite	cavèi	cavès	cavè	cavèm	cavètz	cavèn
	future	cavarèi	cavaràs	cavarà	cavaram	cavaratz	cavaràn
conditional		cavarí	cavarés	cavaré	cavarem	cavaretz	cavarén
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cavi	caves	cave	cavem	cavetz	caven
	imperfect	cavèssi	cavèsses	cavèsse	cavèssem	cavèssetz	cavèssen
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
imperative			cava		cavem	cavatz

Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		cavar			èsser cavat
past participle		cavat			-
gerund		cavant			èssent cavat
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cave	cavas	cava	cavam	cavatz	cavan
	imperfect	cavava	cavavas	cavava	cavàvam	cavàvatz	cavavan
	preterite	cavei	caveras	cavet	cavèram	cavèratz	caveran
	future	cavarai	cavaràs	cavará	cavarem	cavaretz	cavarán
conditional		cavariá	cavariàs	cavariá	cavariam	cavariatz	cavarián
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cave	caves	cave	cavem	cavetz	caven
	imperfect	cavèsse	cavèsses	cavèsse	cavèssem	cavèssetz	cavèssen
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
imperative			cava		cavem	cavatz

Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		cavar			èsser cavat
past participle		cavat			-
gerund		cavant			èssent cavat
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	cave	caves	cava	cavam	cavatz	cavan
	imperfect	cavavi	cavavas	cavava	cavàvem	cavàvetz	cavavan
	preterite	cavère	cavères	cavèt	caveriam	caveriatz	cavèron
	future	cavarai	cavaràs	cavarà	cavarem	cavaretz	cavaràn
conditional		cavariáu	cavariás	cavariá	cavariam	cavariatz	cavarián
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of Aver plus the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of Aver plus the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of Aver plus the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of Aver plus the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of Aver plus the past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	cave	caves	cave	cavem	cavetz	cavan
	imperfect	cavèsse	cavèsses	cavèsse	cavessiam	cavessiatz	cavèsson
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of Aver plus the past participle
imperative		-	tu	-	nosautres	vosautres	-
imperative			cava		cavem	cavatz

Related terms

escavar

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, from Latin cavō, cavāre.

Verb

cavar ‎(first-person singular present indicative cavo, past participle cavado)

to dig, excavate, burrow, scoop

Conjugation

Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb cavar

	Singular			Plural
Notes:^[edit] This is a regular verb of the -ar group. Verbs with this conjugation include: amar, cantar, gritar, marchar, mostrar, nadar, parar, participar, retirar, separar, viajar.
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	cavar
Personal	cavar	cavares	cavar	cavarmos	cavardes	cavarem
Gerund
	cavando
Past participle
Masculine	cavado			cavados
Feminine	cavada			cavadas
Indicative
Present	cavo	cavas	cava	cavamos	cavais	cavam
Imperfect	cavava	cavavas	cavava	cavávamos	caváveis	cavavam
Preterite	cavei	cavaste	cavou	cavamos cavámos	cavastes	cavaram
Pluperfect	cavara	cavaras	cavara	caváramos	caváreis	cavaram
Future	cavarei	cavarás	cavará	cavaremos	cavareis	cavarão
Conditional
	cavaria	cavarias	cavaria	cavaríamos	cavaríeis	cavariam
Subjunctive
Present	cave	caves	cave	cavemos	caveis	cavem
Imperfect	cavasse	cavasses	cavasse	cavássemos	cavásseis	cavassem
Future	cavar	cavares	cavar	cavarmos	cavardes	cavarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	cava	cave	cavemos	cavai	cavem
Negative (não)	-	caves	cave	cavemos	caveis	cavem

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cava
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Romansch

Alternative forms

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) stgavar
(Surmiran) tgavar
(Puter) chaver
(Vallader) chavar

Etymology

From Latin cavō, cavāre.

Verb

cavar

(Sursilvan) to dig

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cavō, cavāre.

Verb

cavar ‎(first-person singular present cavo, first-person singular preterite cavé, past participle cavado)

(transitive) to excavate, dig
(intransitive) to penetrate into

Conjugation

Conjugation of cavar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)^{edit data}

		singular			plural
infinitive			cavar
gerund			cavando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cavado		cavada
		plural		cavados		cavadas
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cavo	cavas^tú cavás^{^vos}	cava	cavamos	caváis	cavan
	imperfect	cavaba	cavabas	cavaba	cavábamos	cavabais	cavaban
	preterite	cavé	cavaste	cavó	cavamos	cavasteis	cavaron
	future	cavaré	cavarás	cavará	cavaremos	cavaréis	cavarán
	conditional	cavaría	cavarías	cavaría	cavaríamos	cavaríais	cavarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cave	caves^{^tú} cavés^{^vos¹}	cave	cavemos	cavéis	caven
	imperfect (ra)	cavara	cavaras	cavara	caváramos	cavarais	cavaran
	imperfect (se)	cavase	cavases	cavase	cavásemos	cavaseis	cavasen
	future	cavare	cavares	cavare	caváremos	cavareis	cavaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cava^{^tú} cavá^{^vos}	cave	cavemos	cavad	caven
	negative		no caves	no cave	no cavemos	no cavéis	no caven

¹Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

Related terms

Venetian

Etymology

From Latin cavō, cavāre.

Verb

cavar

(transitive) to take off, take out
(transitive) to extract

Conjugation

Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of cavar (first conjugation)

person	singular			plural
infinitive	cavar
auxiliary verb		aver	gerund		cavando
past participle		cavà
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	cavo	(te) cavi	(el/ła) cava	cavémo, cavòn	cavé	(i/łe) cava
imperfect	cavava	(te) cavavi	(el/ła) cavava	cavàvimo	cavavi	(i/łe) cavava
future	cavarò	(te) cavarè	(el/ła) cavarà	cavarémo	cavarè	(i/łe) cavarà
conditional	mi	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
present	cavarìa	(te) cavarisi	(el/ła) cavarìa	cavarìsimo	cavarisi	(i/łe) cavarìa
subjunctive	che mi	che ti	che eło / eła	che noialtri / noialtre	che voialtri / voialtre	che łuri / łore
present	cave, cava	(te) cavi	(el/ła) cave, (el/ła) cava	cavémo, cavone	cavé	(i/łe) cave, (i/łe) cava
imperfect	cavase	(te) cavasi	(el/ła) cavase	cavàsimo	cavasi	(i/łe) cavase
imperative	—	ti	eło / eła	noialtri / noialtre	voialtri / voialtre	łuri / łore
imperative	—	(te) cava	(el/ła) cava, (el/ła) cave	cavémo	cavé	(i/łe) cava, (i/łe) cave

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