ovar

See also: Ovar, óvar, övar, and ovar-

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic *uber.

Preposition

ovar

1. over

Adverb

ovar

1. over

Portuguese

Etymology

From ovo +‎ -ar, possibly corresponding to a Vulgar Latin *ōvāre, from Latin ōvum.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈvaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈvaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈbaɾ/ [ɔˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɔˈva.ɾi/

• Audio (Portugal):

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• Homophone: Ovar
• Hyphenation: o‧var

Verb

ovar (first-person singular present ovo, first-person singular preterite ovei, past participle ovado)

1. to lay eggs

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ovar (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	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.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ovarium or French ovaire.

Noun

ovar n (plural ovare)

1. ovary

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ovar	ovarul		ovare	ovarele
genitive-dative	ovar	ovarului		ovare	ovarelor
vocative	ovarule			ovarelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ovum (“egg”). Equivalent to ovo (“egg-shaped decoration”) +‎ -ar. Possibly corresponds to a Vulgar Latin *ōvāre, from Latin ōvum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈbaɾ/ [oˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: o‧var

Verb

ovar (first-person singular present ovo, first-person singular preterite ové, past participle ovado)

1. to lay eggs

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ovar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

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

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

Further reading

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