relvar

English

Etymology

Contraction of relation variable, coined by Christopher J. Date.

Noun

relvar (plural relvars)

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Wikipedia

1. (databases, nonstandard) A variable that contains a relation, as distinguished from the relation itself.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin relevāre, or less likely from a Vulgar Latin root *re-herbāre. Compare Spanish relvar and ralbar. Doublet of relevar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁewˈva(ʁ)/ [heʊ̯ˈva(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁewˈva(ʁ)/ [heʊ̯ˈva(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ʁewˈva(ɾ)/ [heʊ̯ˈva(ɾ)]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁewˈva(ʁ)/ [χeʊ̯ˈva(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁewˈva(ɻ)/ [heʊ̯ˈva(ɻ)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɛlˈvaɾ/ [ʁɛɫˈvaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɛlˈvaɾ/ [ʁɛɫˈvaɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɛlˈbaɾ/ [ʁɛɫˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɛlˈva.ɾi/ [ʁɛɫˈva.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: rel‧var

Verb

relvar (first-person singular present relvo, first-person singular preterite relvei, past participle relvado)

1. to turf (to plant a lawn)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of relvar (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	relvar
Personal	relvar	relvares	relvar	relvarmos	relvardes	relvarem
Gerund
	relvando
Past participle
Masculine	relvado			relvados
Feminine	relvada			relvadas
Indicative
Present	relvo	relvas	relva	relvamos	relvais	relvam
Imperfect	relvava	relvavas	relvava	relvávamos	relváveis	relvavam
Preterite	relvei	relvaste	relvou	relvamos1, relvámos2	relvastes	relvaram
Pluperfect	relvara	relvaras	relvara	relváramos	relváreis	relvaram
Future	relvarei	relvarás	relvará	relvaremos	relvareis	relvarão
Conditional	relvaria	relvarias	relvaria	relvaríamos	relvaríeis	relvariam
Subjunctive
Present	relve	relves	relve	relvemos	relveis	relvem
Imperfect	relvasse	relvasses	relvasse	relvássemos	relvásseis	relvassem
Future	relvar	relvares	relvar	relvarmos	relvardes	relvarem
Imperative
Affirmative		relva	relve	relvemos	relvai	relvem
Negative (não)		não relves	não relve	não relvemos	não relveis	não relvem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• relva
• relvado

Further reading

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