cavilar

Asturian

Verb

cavilar (first-person singular indicative present cavilo, past participle caviláu)

to reflect; think through

Conjugation

Conjugation of cavilar

person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
infinitive		cavilar
gerund		cavilando
past participle		m caviláu, f cavilada, n cavilao, m pl cavilaos, f pl cavilaes
indicative	present	cavilo	caviles	cavila	cavilamos	caviláis	cavilen
	imperfect	cavilaba	cavilabes	cavilaba	cavilábemos, cavilábamos	cavilabeis, cavilabais	cavilaben
	preterite	cavilé	cavilasti, cavilesti	caviló	cavilemos	cavilastis, cavilestis	cavilaron
	pluperfect	cavilare, cavilara	cavilares, cavilaras	cavilare, cavilara	caviláremos, caviláramos	cavilareis, cavilarais	cavilaren, cavilaran
	future	cavilaré	cavilarás	cavilará	cavilaremos	cavilaréis	cavilarán
	conditional	cavilaría	cavilaríes	cavilaría	cavilaríemos, cavilaríamos	cavilaríeis, cavilaríais	cavilaríen
subjunctive	present	cavile	caviles, cavilas	cavile	cavilemos	caviléis	cavilen, cavilan
subjunctive	imperfect	cavilare, cavilara	cavilares, cavilaras	cavilare, cavilara	caviláremos, caviláramos	cavilareis, cavilarais	cavilaren, cavilaran
imperative		—	cavila	—	—	cavilái	—

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 19th century. Borrowed from Latin cavillāre, present active infinitive of cavillor.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [kɑβiˈlaɾ]

Verb

cavilar (first-person singular present cavilo, first-person singular preterite cavilei, past participle cavilado)

to reflect; to think through

Conjugation

Conjugation of cavilar

	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	first	second	third
Infinitive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
impersonal	cavilar
personal	cavilar	cavilares	cavilar	cavilarmos	cavilardes	cavilaren
Gerund
	cavilando
Past participle	singular			plural
masculine	cavilado			cavilados
feminine	cavilada			caviladas
Indicative	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	cavilo	cavilas	cavila	cavilamos	cavilades	cavilan
imperfect	cavilaba	cavilabas	cavilaba	cavilabamos	cavilabades	cavilaban
preterite	cavilei	cavilaches	cavilou	cavilamos	cavilastes	cavilaron
pluperfect	cavilara	cavilaras	cavilara	cavilaramos	cavilarades	cavilaran
future	cavilarei	cavilarás	cavilará	cavilaremos	cavilaredes	cavilarán
conditional	cavilaría	cavilarías	cavilaría	cavilariamos	cavilariades	cavilarían
Subjunctive	eu	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
present	cavile	caviles	cavile	cavilemos	caviledes	cavilen
preterite	cavilase	cavilases	cavilase	cavilásemos	cavilásedes	cavilasen
future	cavilar	cavilares	cavilar	cavilarmos	cavilardes	cavilaren
Imperative	–	ti	el/ela/Vde.	nós	vós	eles/elas/Vdes.
affirmative	–	cavila	cavile	cavilemos	cavilade	cavilen
negative	–	caviles	cavile	cavilemos	caviledes	cavilen

References

“cavilar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“cavilar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“cavilar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cavillāre, present active infinitive of cavillor.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kabiˈlaɾ/ [ka.β̞iˈlaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ca‧vi‧lar

Verb

cavilar (first-person singular present cavilo, first-person singular preterite cavilé, past participle cavilado)

(transitive) to think (something) through; to reflect

Conjugation

Conjugation of cavilar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			cavilar
gerund			cavilando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		cavilado		cavilada
		plural		cavilados		caviladas
		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	cavilo	cavilas^{^tú} cavilás^{^vos}	cavila	cavilamos	caviláis	cavilan
	imperfect	cavilaba	cavilabas	cavilaba	cavilábamos	cavilabais	cavilaban
	preterite	cavilé	cavilaste	caviló	cavilamos	cavilasteis	cavilaron
	future	cavilaré	cavilarás	cavilará	cavilaremos	cavilaréis	cavilarán
	conditional	cavilaría	cavilarías	cavilaría	cavilaríamos	cavilaríais	cavilarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	cavile	caviles^{^tú} cavilés^{^vos²}	cavile	cavilemos	caviléis	cavilen
	imperfect (ra)	cavilara	cavilaras	cavilara	caviláramos	cavilarais	cavilaran
	imperfect (se)	cavilase	cavilases	cavilase	cavilásemos	cavilaseis	cavilasen
	future¹	cavilare	cavilares	cavilare	caviláremos	cavilareis	cavilaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		cavila^{^tú} cavilá^{^vos}	cavile	cavilemos	cavilad	cavilen
	negative		no caviles	no cavile	no cavilemos	no caviléis	no cavilen

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

Further reading

“cavilar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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