lavar

Galician

Verb

lavar ‎(first-person singular present lavo, first-person singular preterite lavei, past participle lavado)

to wash

Conjugation

Conjugation of lavar

person		singular			plural
infinitive			lavar
gerund			lavando
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		lavado		lavados
		feminine		lavada		lavadas
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	lavo	lavas	lava	lavamos	lavades	lavan
	imperfect	lavaba	lavabas	lavaba	lavabamos	lavabades	lavaban
	preterite	lavei	lavaches	lavou	lavamos	lavastes	lavaron
	pluperfect	lavara	lavaras	lavara	lavaramos	lavarades	lavaran
	future	lavarei	lavarás	lavará	lavaremos	lavaredes	lavarán
	conditional	lavaría	lavarías	lavaría	lavariamos	lavariades	lavarían
subjunctive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
	present	lave	laves	lave	lavemos	lavedes	laven
	preterite	lavase	lavases	lavase	lavásemos	lavásedes	lavasen
	future	lavar	lavares	lavar	lavarmos	lavardes	lavaren
imperative		—	ti	Vde.	nós	vós	Vdes.
	affirmative	—	lava	lave	lavemos	lavade	laven
	negative	—	laves	lave	lavemos	lavedes	laven
personal infinitive		eu	ti	el / ela / Vde.	nós	vós	eles / elas / Vdes.
		lavar	lavares	lavar	lavarmos	lavardes	lavaren

Ido

Verb

lavar (present tense lavas, past tense lavis, future tense lavos, imperative lavez, conditional lavus)

(transitive) to wash

Conjugation

Conjugation of lavar

		present	past	future
tense		lavas	lavis	lavos
perfect			lavabis	lavabos
infinitive		lavar	lavir	lavor
imperative		lavez	lavabez
conditional		lavus	lavabus
nominal active participle	singular	lavanto	lavinto	lavonto
nominal active participle	plural	lavanti	lavinti	lavonti
nominal passive participle	singular	lavato	lavito	lavoto
nominal passive participle	plural	lavati	laviti	lavoti
active participle		lavanta	lavinta	lavonta
passive participle		lavata	lavita	lavota
adverbial active participle		lavante	lavinte	lavonte
adverbial passive participle		lavate	lavite	lavote

Derived terms

laverio

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin lavāre, present active infinitive of lavō ‎(“I wash”).

Verb

lavar

to wash

Conjugation

Lengadocian (Standard Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		lavar			èsser lavat
past participle		lavat			-
gerund		lavant			èssent lavat
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	lavi	lavas	lava	lavam	lavatz	lavan
	imperfect	lavavi	lavavas	lavava	lavàvem	lavàvetz	lavavan
	preterite	lavèri	lavères	lavèt	lavèrem	lavèretz	lavèron
	future	lavarai	lavaràs	lavarà	lavarem	lavaretz	lavaràn
conditional		lavariái	lavariás	lavariá	lavariam	lavariatz	lavarián
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	lave	laves	lave	lavem	lavetz	laven
	imperfect	lavèssi	lavèsses	lavèsse	lavèssem	lavèssetz	lavèsson
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			lava		lavem	lavatz

Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		lavar			èsser lavat
past participle		lavat			-
gerund		lavant			èssent lavat
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	lave	laves	lava	lavam	lavatz	lavon
	imperfect	lavave	lavaves	lavava	lavaviam	lavaviatz	lavavon
	preterite	lavere	laveres	lavet	lavem	lavetz	laveron
	future	lavarai	lavaràs	lavará	lavarem	lavaretz	lavarán
conditional		lavariá	lavariás	lavariá	lavariam	lavariatz	lavarián
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	lave	laves	lave	lavassiam	lavassiatz	lavon
	imperfect	lavesse	lavesses	lavesse	lavessiam	lavessiatz	lavesson
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			lava		lavassiam	lavatz

Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		lavar			èsser lavat
past participle		lavat			-
gerund		lavant			èssent lavat
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	lavi	lavas	lava	lavam	lavatz	lavan
	imperfect	lavavi	lavavas	lavava	lavàvam	lavàvatz	lavavan
	preterite	lavèi	lavès	lavè	lavèm	lavètz	lavèn
	future	lavarèi	lavaràs	lavarà	lavaram	lavaratz	lavaràn
conditional		lavarí	lavarés	lavaré	lavarem	lavaretz	lavarén
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	lavi	laves	lave	lavem	lavetz	laven
	imperfect	lavèssi	lavèsses	lavèsse	lavèssem	lavèssetz	lavèssen
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			lava		lavem	lavatz

Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		lavar			èsser lavat
past participle		lavat			-
gerund		lavant			èssent lavat
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	lave	lavas	lava	lavam	lavatz	lavan
	imperfect	lavava	lavavas	lavava	lavàvam	lavàvatz	lavavan
	preterite	lavei	laveras	lavet	lavèram	lavèratz	laveran
	future	lavarai	lavaràs	lavará	lavarem	lavaretz	lavarán
conditional		lavariá	lavariàs	lavariá	lavariam	lavariatz	lavarián
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	lave	laves	lave	lavem	lavetz	laven
	imperfect	lavèsse	lavèsses	lavèsse	lavèssem	lavèssetz	lavèssen
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			lava		lavem	lavatz

Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		lavar			èsser lavat
past participle		lavat			-
gerund		lavant			èssent lavat
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	lave	laves	lava	lavam	lavatz	lavan
	imperfect	lavavi	lavavas	lavava	lavàvem	lavàvetz	lavavan
	preterite	lavère	lavères	lavèt	laveriam	laveriatz	lavèron
	future	lavarai	lavaràs	lavarà	lavarem	lavaretz	lavaràn
conditional		lavariáu	lavariás	lavariá	lavariam	lavariatz	lavarián
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	lave	laves	lave	lavem	lavetz	lavan
	imperfect	lavèsse	lavèsses	lavèsse	lavessiam	lavessiatz	lavèsson
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			lava		lavem	lavatz

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin lavāre, present active infinitive of lavō ‎(“I wash”).

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /lɐˈvaɾ/

Verb

lavar ‎(first-person singular present indicative lavo, past participle lavado)

to wash (to clean with water)

Quotations

For usage examples of this term, see Citations:lavar.

Conjugation

Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb lavar

	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	lavar
Personal	lavar	lavares	lavar	lavarmos	lavardes	lavarem
Gerund
	lavando
Past participle
Masculine	lavado			lavados
Feminine	lavada			lavadas
Indicative
Present	lavo	lavas	lava	lavamos	lavais	lavam
Imperfect	lavava	lavavas	lavava	lavávamos	laváveis	lavavam
Preterite	lavei	lavaste	lavou	lavamos lavámos	lavastes	lavaram
Pluperfect	lavara	lavaras	lavara	laváramos	laváreis	lavaram
Future	lavarei	lavarás	lavará	lavaremos	lavareis	lavarão
Conditional
	lavaria	lavarias	lavaria	lavaríamos	lavaríeis	lavariam
Subjunctive
Present	lave	laves	lave	lavemos	laveis	lavem
Imperfect	lavasse	lavasses	lavasse	lavássemos	lavásseis	lavassem
Future	lavar	lavares	lavar	lavarmos	lavardes	lavarem
Imperative
Affirmative	-	lava	lave	lavemos	lavai	lavem
Negative (não)	-	laves	lave	lavemos	laveis	lavem

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin lavāre, present active infinitive of lavō ‎(“I wash”).

Verb

lavar ‎(first-person singular present lavo, first-person singular preterite lavé, past participle lavado)

(transitive) to wash
(transitive) to wipe, clear (disgrace, doubt etc)

Conjugation

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

		singular			plural
infinitive			lavar
gerund			lavando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		lavado		lavada
		plural		lavados		lavadas
		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	lavo	lavas^tú lavás^{^vos}	lava	lavamos	laváis	lavan
	imperfect	lavaba	lavabas	lavaba	lavábamos	lavabais	lavaban
	preterite	lavé	lavaste	lavó	lavamos	lavasteis	lavaron
	future	lavaré	lavarás	lavará	lavaremos	lavaréis	lavarán
	conditional	lavaría	lavarías	lavaría	lavaríamos	lavaríais	lavarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	lave	laves^{^tú} lavés^{^vos¹}	lave	lavemos	lavéis	laven
	imperfect (ra)	lavara	lavaras	lavara	laváramos	lavarais	lavaran
	imperfect (se)	lavase	lavases	lavase	lavásemos	lavaseis	lavasen
	future	lavare	lavares	lavare	laváremos	lavareis	lavaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		lava^{^tú} lavá^{^vos}	lave	lavemos	lavad	laven
	negative		no laves	no lave	no lavemos	no lavéis	no laven

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

Selected combined forms of lavar^{edit data}

These forms are generated automatically and may not be attested. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive lavar
	dative	lavarme	lavarte, lavarle	lavarle, lavarse	lavarnos	lavaros, lavarles	lavarles, lavarse
	accusative	lavarme	lavarte, lavarlo, lavarla	lavarlo, lavarla, lavarse	lavarnos	lavaros, lavarlos, lavarlas	lavarlos, lavarlas, lavarse

with gerund lavando
	dative	lavándome	lavándote, lavándole	lavándole, lavándose	lavándonos	lavándoos, lavándoles	lavándoles, lavándose
	accusative	lavándome	lavándote, lavándolo, lavándola	lavándolo, lavándola, lavándose	lavándonos	lavándoos, lavándolos, lavándolas	lavándolos, lavándolas, lavándose

with informal second-person singular imperative lava
	dative	lavame	lavate, lavale	lavale	lavanos	lavaos, lavales	lavales
	accusative	lavame	lavate, lavalo, lavala	lavalo, lavala	lavanos	lavaos, lavalos, lavalas	lavalos, lavalas

with formal second-person singular imperative lave
	dative	láveme	lávete, lávele	lávele, lávese	lávenos	láveles	láveles, lávese
	accusative	láveme	lávete, lávelo, lávela	lávelo, lávela, lávese	lávenos	lávelos, lávelas	lávelos, lávelas, lávese

with first-person plural imperative lavemos
	dative	not used	lavémosle	lavémosle	lavémonos	lavémosles	lavémosles
	accusative	not used	lavémoslo, lavémosla	lavémoslo, lavémosla	lavémonos	lavémoslos, lavémoslas	lavémoslos, lavémoslas

with informal second-person plural imperative lavad
	dative	lavadme	lavadle	lavadle	lavadnos	lavaos, lavadles	lavadles
	accusative	lavadme	lavadlo, lavadla	lavadlo, lavadla	lavadnos	lavaos, lavadlos, lavadlas	lavadlos, lavadlas

with formal second-person plural imperative laven
	dative	lávenme	lávente, lávenle	lávenle, lávense	lávenos	lávenles	lávenles, lávense
	accusative	lávenme	lávente, lávenlo, lávenla	lávenlo, lávenla, lávense	lávenos	lávenlos, lávenlas	lávenlos, lávenlas, lávense

Related terms

lavadura
lavaje
lavandería
lavarse
lavatorio
loción

Derived terms

lavacoches
lavamanos m

lavaplatos m
lavavajillas m

Swedish

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lavar

indefinite plural of lav
indefinite plural of lave

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