avondar

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• abondar
• bondar (regional)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese avondar, from Latin abundāre (“to overflow; to abound”). Doublet of abundar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.võˈda(ʁ)/ [a.võˈda(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.võˈda(ʁ)/ [a.võˈda(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.võˈda(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.võˈda(ʁ)/ [a.võˈda(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.võˈda(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.võˈdaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.võˈdaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bõˈdaɾ/ [ɐ.βõˈdaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.võˈda.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧von‧dar

Verb

avondar (first-person singular present avondo, first-person singular preterite avondei, past participle avondado)

1. synonym of abundar (“to abound”)
2. to suffice (to be enough or good enough)

   Synonym: bastar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of avondar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	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
Impersonal	avondar
Personal	avondar	avondares	avondar	avondarmos	avondardes	avondarem
Gerund
	avondando
Past participle
Masculine	avondado			avondados
Feminine	avondada			avondadas
Indicative
Present	avondo	avondas	avonda	avondamos	avondais	avondam
Imperfect	avondava	avondavas	avondava	avondávamos	avondáveis	avondavam
Preterite	avondei	avondaste	avondou	avondamos1, avondámos2	avondastes	avondaram
Pluperfect	avondara	avondaras	avondara	avondáramos	avondáreis	avondaram
Future	avondarei	avondarás	avondará	avondaremos	avondareis	avondarão
Conditional	avondaria	avondarias	avondaria	avondaríamos	avondaríeis	avondariam
Subjunctive
Present	avonde	avondes	avonde	avondemos	avondeis	avondem
Imperfect	avondasse	avondasses	avondasse	avondássemos	avondásseis	avondassem
Future	avondar	avondares	avondar	avondarmos	avondardes	avondarem
Imperative
Affirmative		avonda	avonde	avondemos	avondai	avondem
Negative (não)		não avondes	não avonde	não avondemos	não avondeis	não avondem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “avondar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “avondar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025