Old French
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin devasto.
Verb
devastar
- (10th century) to devastate; to destroy; to massacre
Usage notes
- Only known recorded usage is in the Vie de Saint Léger.
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (devaster, supplement)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin devastare.
Verb
devastar (first-person singular present indicative devasto, past participle devastado)
- (transitive) to devastate; to lay waste (to completely destroy)
Conjugation
Conjugation of the Portuguese -ar verb devastar
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.
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Singular |
Plural |
First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) |
Infinitive
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Impersonal
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devastar
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Personal
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devastar
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devastares
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devastar
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devastarmos
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devastardes
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devastarem
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Gerund
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devastando
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Past participle
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Masculine |
devastado
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devastados
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Feminine |
devastada
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devastadas
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Indicative
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Present |
devasto
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devastas
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devasta
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devastamos
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devastais
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devastam
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Imperfect |
devastava
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devastavas
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devastava
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devastávamos
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devastáveis
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devastavam
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Preterite |
devastei
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devastaste
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devastou
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devastamos devastámos
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devastastes
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devastaram
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Pluperfect |
devastara
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devastaras
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devastara
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devastáramos
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devastáreis
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devastaram
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Future |
devastarei
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devastarás
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devastará
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devastaremos
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devastareis
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devastarão
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Conditional
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devastaria
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devastarias
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devastaria
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devastaríamos
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devastaríeis
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devastariam
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Subjunctive
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Present |
devaste
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devastes
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devaste
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devastemos
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devasteis
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devastem
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Imperfect |
devastasse
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devastasses
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devastasse
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devastássemos
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devastásseis
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devastassem
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Future |
devastar
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devastares
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devastar
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devastarmos
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devastardes
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devastarem
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Imperative
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Affirmative |
- |
devasta
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devaste
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devastemos
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devastai
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devastem
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Negative (não) |
- |
devastes
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devaste
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devastemos
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devasteis
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devastem
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Synonyms
Spanish
Verb
devastar (first-person singular present devasto, first-person singular preterite devasté, past participle devastado)
- (transitive) to devastate
Conjugation
1Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú
form for the present subjunctive.
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