esvarar

Catalan

Etymology

Compare Spanish esbarar, resbalar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əz.bəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əz.vəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ez.vaˈɾaɾ]
• Homophone: esverar
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

esvarar (first-person singular present esvaro, first-person singular preterite esvarí, past participle esvarat)

1. (dialectal, intransitive, reflexive) to slip, to slide

   Synonym: relliscar

2. (dialectal, intransitive) to slip up (make a mistake)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of esvarar (first conjugation)

infinitive			esvarar
gerund			esvarant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		esvarat		esvarada
		plural		esvarats		esvarades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	esvaro	esvares	esvara	esvarem	esvareu	esvaren
	imperfect	esvarava	esvaraves	esvarava	esvaràvem	esvaràveu	esvaraven
	future	esvararé	esvararàs	esvararà	esvararem	esvarareu	esvararan
	preterite	esvarí	esvarares	esvarà	esvaràrem	esvaràreu	esvararen
	conditional	esvararia	esvararies	esvararia	esvararíem	esvararíeu	esvararien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	esvari	esvaris	esvari	esvarem	esvareu	esvarin
	imperfect	esvarés	esvaressis	esvarés	esvaréssim	esvaréssiu	esvaressin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	esvara	esvari	esvarem	esvareu	esvarin
	negative (no)	—	no esvaris	no esvari	no esvarem	no esvareu	no esvarin

Further reading

• “esvarar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “esvarar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *exvarō, from Latin ex- +‎ vārus (“bent outwards”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esβaˈɾaɾ/

Verb

esvarar (first-person singular present esvaro, first-person singular preterite esvarei, past participle esvarado)

1. to slide (to move on a low friction surface)
2. to slip (to lose one’s traction on a slippery surface)
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, page 355:

     Mays esuarioulle a saeta, en tal gisa que Éytor nõ foy malchagado

     But the arrow slipped [from his hand] in such a way that Hector was not fatally wounded

Conjugation

    Conjugation of esvarar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	esvarar
Personal	esvarar	esvarares	esvarar	esvararmos	esvarardes	esvararen
Gerund
	esvarando
Past participle
Masculine	esvarado			esvarados
Feminine	esvarada			esvaradas
Indicative
Present	esvaro	esvaras	esvara	esvaramos	esvarades	esvaran
Imperfect	esvaraba	esvarabas	esvaraba	esvarabamos	esvarabades	esvaraban
Preterite	esvarei	esvaraches	esvarou	esvaramos	esvarastes	esvararon
Pluperfect	esvarara	esvararas	esvarara	esvararamos	esvararades	esvararan
Future	esvararei	esvararás	esvarará	esvararemos	esvararedes	esvararán
Conditional	esvararía	esvararías	esvararía	esvarariamos	esvarariades	esvararían
Subjunctive
Present	esvare	esvares	esvare	esvaremos	esvaredes	esvaren
Imperfect	esvarase	esvarases	esvarase	esvarásemos	esvarásedes	esvarasen
Future	esvarar	esvarares	esvarar	esvararmos	esvarardes	esvararen
Imperative
Affirmative		esvara	esvare	esvaremos	esvarade	esvaren
Negative (non)		non esvares	non esvare	non esvaremos	non esvaredes	non esvaren

    Reintegrated conjugation of esvarar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	esvarar
Personal	esvarar	esvarares	esvarar	esvararmos	esvarardes	esvararem
Gerund
	esvarando
Past participle
Masculine	esvarado			esvarados
Feminine	esvarada			esvaradas
Indicative
Present	esvaro	esvaras	esvara	esvaramos	esvarades, esvarais	esvaram
Imperfect	esvarava	esvaravas	esvarava	esvarávamos	esvarávades, esvaráveis, esvarávais1	esvaravam
Preterite	esvarei	esvaraste, esvarache1	esvarou	esvaramos	esvarastes	esvarárom, esvararam
Pluperfect	esvarara	esvararas	esvarara	esvaráramos	esvarárades, esvaráreis, esvarárais1	esvararam
Future	esvararei	esvararás	esvarará	esvararemos	esvararedes, esvarareis	esvararám, esvararão
Conditional	esvararia	esvararias	esvararia	esvararíamos	esvararíades, esvararíeis, esvararíais1	esvarariam
Subjunctive
Present	esvare	esvares	esvare	esvaremos	esvaredes, esvareis	esvarem
Imperfect	esvarasse	esvarasses	esvarasse	esvarássemos	esvarássedes, esvarásseis	esvarassem
Future	esvarar	esvarares	esvarar	esvararmos	esvarardes	esvararem
Imperative
Affirmative		esvara	esvare	esvaremos	esvarade, esvarai	esvarem
Negative (nom)		nom esvares	nom esvare	nom esvaremos	nom esvaredes, nom esvareis	nom esvarem

¹Less recommended.

Synonyms

• esborrexer
• (to slide): deslizar
• (to slip): escorregar, eslimar

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “esvarar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022), “esvarar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “esvarar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “esvarar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “esvarar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Verb

esvarar (first-person singular present esvaro, first-person singular preterite esvaré, past participle esvarado)

1. alternative form of esbarar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of esvarar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			esvarar
gerund			esvarando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		esvarado		esvarada
		plural		esvarados		esvaradas
		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	esvaro	esvarastú esvarásvos	esvara	esvaramos	esvaráis	esvaran
	imperfect	esvaraba	esvarabas	esvaraba	esvarábamos	esvarabais	esvaraban
	preterite	esvaré	esvaraste	esvaró	esvaramos	esvarasteis	esvararon
	future	esvararé	esvararás	esvarará	esvararemos	esvararéis	esvararán
	conditional	esvararía	esvararías	esvararía	esvararíamos	esvararíais	esvararían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	esvare	esvarestú esvarésvos2	esvare	esvaremos	esvaréis	esvaren
	imperfect (ra)	esvarara	esvararas	esvarara	esvaráramos	esvararais	esvararan
	imperfect (se)	esvarase	esvarases	esvarase	esvarásemos	esvaraseis	esvarasen
	future1	esvarare	esvarares	esvarare	esvaráremos	esvarareis	esvararen
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		esvaratú esvarávos	esvare	esvaremos	esvarad	esvaren
	negative		no esvares	no esvare	no esvaremos	no esvaréis	no esvaren

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

    Selected combined forms of esvarar

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

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive esvarar	dative	esvararme	esvararte	esvararle, esvararse	esvararnos	esvararos	esvararles, esvararse
	accusative	esvararme	esvararte	esvararlo, esvararla, esvararse	esvararnos	esvararos	esvararlos, esvararlas, esvararse
with gerund esvarando	dative	esvarándome	esvarándote	esvarándole, esvarándose	esvarándonos	esvarándoos	esvarándoles, esvarándose
	accusative	esvarándome	esvarándote	esvarándolo, esvarándola, esvarándose	esvarándonos	esvarándoos	esvarándolos, esvarándolas, esvarándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative esvara	dative	esvárame	esvárate	esvárale	esváranos	not used	esvárales
	accusative	esvárame	esvárate	esváralo, esvárala	esváranos	not used	esváralos, esváralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative esvará	dative	esvarame	esvarate	esvarale	esvaranos	not used	esvarales
	accusative	esvarame	esvarate	esvaralo, esvarala	esvaranos	not used	esvaralos, esvaralas
with formal second-person singular imperative esvare	dative	esváreme	not used	esvárele, esvárese	esvárenos	not used	esváreles
	accusative	esváreme	not used	esvárelo, esvárela, esvárese	esvárenos	not used	esvárelos, esvárelas
with first-person plural imperative esvaremos	dative	not used	esvarémoste	esvarémosle	esvarémonos	esvarémoos	esvarémosles
	accusative	not used	esvarémoste	esvarémoslo, esvarémosla	esvarémonos	esvarémoos	esvarémoslos, esvarémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative esvarad	dative	esvaradme	not used	esvaradle	esvaradnos	esvaraos	esvaradles
	accusative	esvaradme	not used	esvaradlo, esvaradla	esvaradnos	esvaraos	esvaradlos, esvaradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative esvaren	dative	esvárenme	not used	esvárenle	esvárennos	not used	esvárenles, esvárense
	accusative	esvárenme	not used	esvárenlo, esvárenla	esvárennos	not used	esvárenlos, esvárenlas, esvárense

Further reading

• “esvarar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024