ovar
Dutch
Noun
ovar n (uncountable, no diminutive)Category:Dutch lemmas#OVARCategory:Dutch nouns#OVARCategory:Dutch uncountable nouns#OVARCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#OVARCategory:Dutch neuter nouns#OVARCategory:Pages with entries#OVARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#OVAR
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West GermanicCategory:Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#OVARCategory:Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#OVAR *obar, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#OVARCategory:Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic#OVAR *uber.
Preposition
ovarCategory:Old Saxon lemmas#OVARCategory:Old Saxon prepositions#OVARCategory:Old Saxon entries with incorrect language header#OVARCategory:Pages with entries#OVARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#OVAR
Adverb
ovarCategory:Old Saxon lemmas#OVARCategory:Old Saxon adverbs#OVARCategory:Old Saxon entries with incorrect language header#OVARCategory:Pages with entries#OVARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#OVAR
Portuguese
Etymology
From ovo + -arCategory:Portuguese terms suffixed with -ar#OVAR, possibly corresponding to a Vulgar LatinCategory:Portuguese terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#OVARCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Vulgar Latin#OVAR *ōvāre, from LatinCategory:Portuguese terms derived from Latin#OVAR ōvum.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /oˈva(ʁ)/ [oˈva(h)]Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#OVARCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#OVAR
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /oˈva(ɾ)/Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#OVARCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#OVAR
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /oˈva(ʁ)/ [oˈva(χ)]Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#OVARCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#OVAR
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /oˈva(ɻ)/Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#OVARCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#OVAR
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔˈvaɾ/Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#OVARCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#OVAR
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔˈbaɾ/ [ɔˈβaɾ]Category:Portuguese 2-syllable words#OVARCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#OVAR
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɔˈva.ɾi/Category:Portuguese 3-syllable words#OVARCategory:Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation#OVAR
Category:Portuguese terms with audio pronunciation#OVARAudio (Portugal): (file) - Homophone: OvarCategory:Portuguese terms with homophones#OVAR
- Hyphenation: o‧var
Verb
ovar (first-person singular present ovo, first-person singular preterite ovei, past participle ovado)Category:Portuguese lemmas#OVARCategory:Portuguese verbs#OVARCategory:Portuguese verbs ending in -ar#OVARCategory:Portuguese entries with incorrect language header#OVARCategory:Pages with entries#OVARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#OVAR
- to lay eggs
Conjugation
| 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 | ovar | |||||
| Personal | ovar | ovares | ovar | ovarmos | ovardes | ovarem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| ovando | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | ovado | ovados | ||||
| Feminine | ovada | ovadas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | ovo | ovas | ova | ovamos | ovais | ovam |
| Imperfect | ovava | ovavas | ovava | ovávamos | ováveis | ovavam |
| Preterite | ovei | ovaste | ovou | ovamos1, ovámos2 | ovastes | ovaram |
| Pluperfect | ovara | ovaras | ovara | ováramos | ováreis | ovaram |
| Future | ovarei | ovarás | ovará | ovaremos | ovareis | ovarão |
| Conditional | ovaria | ovarias | ovaria | ovaríamos | ovaríeis | ovariam |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | ove | oves | ove | ovemos | oveis | ovem |
| Imperfect | ovasse | ovasses | ovasse | ovássemos | ovásseis | ovassem |
| Future | ovar | ovares | ovar | ovarmos | ovardes | ovarem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | ova | ove | ovemos | ovai | ovem | |
| Negative (não) | não oves | não ove | não ovemos | não oveis | não ovem | |
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Further reading
- “ovar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “ovar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from LatinCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from Latin#OVARCategory:Romanian terms derived from Latin#OVAR ovarium or FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#OVARCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#OVAR ovaire.
Noun
ovar n (plural ovare)Category:Romanian lemmas#OVARCategory:Romanian nouns#OVARCategory:Romanian countable nouns#OVARCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#OVARCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#OVARCategory:Pages with entries#OVARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#OVAR
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#OVAR ovum (“egg”). Equivalent to ovo (“egg-shaped decoration”) + -arCategory:Spanish terms suffixed with -ar#OVAR. Possibly corresponds to a Vulgar LatinCategory:Spanish terms inherited from Vulgar Latin#OVARCategory:Spanish terms derived from Vulgar Latin#OVAR *ōvāre, from LatinCategory:Spanish terms derived from Latin#OVAR ōvum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oˈbaɾ/ [oˈβ̞aɾ]Category:Spanish 2-syllable words#OVARCategory:Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation#OVAR
- Rhymes: -aɾCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ#OVARCategory:Rhymes:Spanish/aɾ/2 syllables#OVAR
- Syllabification: o‧var
Verb
ovar (first-person singular present ovo, first-person singular preterite ové, past participle ovado)Category:Spanish lemmas#OVARCategory:Spanish verbs#OVARCategory:Spanish verbs ending in -ar#OVARCategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#OVARCategory:Pages with entries#OVARCategory:Pages with 5 entries#OVAR
- to lay eggs
Conjugation
| infinitive | ovar | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | ovando | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | ovado | ovada | |||||
| plural | ovados | ovadas | |||||
| 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 | ovo | ovastú ovásvos |
ova | ovamos | ováis | ovan | |
| imperfect | ovaba | ovabas | ovaba | ovábamos | ovabais | ovaban | |
| preterite | ové | ovaste | ovó | ovamos | ovasteis | ovaron | |
| future | ovaré | ovarás | ovará | ovaremos | ovaréis | ovarán | |
| conditional | ovaría | ovarías | ovaría | ovaríamos | ovaríais | ovarían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | ove | ovestú ovésvos2 |
ove | ovemos | ovéis | oven | |
| imperfect (ra) |
ovara | ovaras | ovara | ováramos | ovarais | ovaran | |
| imperfect (se) |
ovase | ovases | ovase | ovásemos | ovaseis | ovasen | |
| future1 | ovare | ovares | ovare | ováremos | ovareis | ovaren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | ovatú ovávos |
ove | ovemos | ovad | oven | ||
| negative | no oves | no ove | no ovemos | no ovéis | no oven | ||
Further reading
- “ovar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025