evacuar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvacuāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βə.kuˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.və.kuˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [e.va.kuˈaɾ]

Verb

evacuar (first-person singular present evacuo, first-person singular preterite evacuí, past participle evacuat)

1. to evacuate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of evacuar (first conjugation)

infinitive			evacuar
gerund			evacuant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		evacuat		evacuada
		plural		evacuats		evacuades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	evacuo	evacues	evacua	evacuem	evacueu	evacuen
	imperfect	evacuava	evacuaves	evacuava	evacuàvem	evacuàveu	evacuaven
	future	evacuaré	evacuaràs	evacuarà	evacuarem	evacuareu	evacuaran
	preterite	evacuí	evacuares	evacuà	evacuàrem	evacuàreu	evacuaren
	conditional	evacuaria	evacuaries	evacuaria	evacuaríem	evacuaríeu	evacuarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	evacuï	evacuïs	evacuï	evacuem	evacueu	evacuïn
	imperfect	evacués	evacuessis	evacués	evacuéssim	evacuéssiu	evacuessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	evacua	evacuï	evacuem	evacueu	evacuïn
	negative (no)	—	no evacuïs	no evacuï	no evacuem	no evacueu	no evacuïn

Related terms

• evacuable
• evacuació
• evacuant
• evacuatiu

Further reading

• “evacuar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “evacuar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “evacuar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “evacuar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ēvacuō, from vacuus (“empty”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to lack; empty”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.va.kuˈa(ʁ)/ [e.va.kʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /e.vaˈkwa(ʁ)/ [e.vaˈkwa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.va.kuˈa(ʁ)/ [e.va.kʊˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /e.vaˈkwa(ʁ)/ [e.vaˈkwa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /e.va.kuˈa(ɾ)/ [e.va.kʊˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /e.vaˈkwa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.va.kuˈa(ʁ)/ [e.va.kʊˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /e.vaˈkwa(ʁ)/ [e.vaˈkwa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.va.kuˈa(ɻ)/ [e.va.kʊˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /e.vaˈkwa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vɐˈkwaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vɐˈkwaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.bɐˈkwaɾ/ [i.βɐˈkwaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vɐˈkwa.ɾi/

Verb

evacuar (first-person singular present evacuo, first-person singular preterite evacuei, past participle evacuado)

1. to evacuate (to make empty)

   Synonyms: esvaziar, despejar, esgotar, esvazar, vaziar

   Antonym: encher

2. to evacuate; to withdraw

   Synonym: desocupar

   Antonym: ocupar

3. to defecate

   Synonyms: defecar, (vulgar) cagar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of evacuar (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	evacuar
Personal	evacuar	evacuares	evacuar	evacuarmos	evacuardes	evacuarem
Gerund
	evacuando
Past participle
Masculine	evacuado			evacuados
Feminine	evacuada			evacuadas
Indicative
Present	evacuo	evacuas	evacua	evacuamos	evacuais	evacuam
Imperfect	evacuava	evacuavas	evacuava	evacuávamos	evacuáveis	evacuavam
Preterite	evacuei	evacuaste	evacuou	evacuamos1, evacuámos2	evacuastes	evacuaram
Pluperfect	evacuara	evacuaras	evacuara	evacuáramos	evacuáreis	evacuaram
Future	evacuarei	evacuarás	evacuará	evacuaremos	evacuareis	evacuarão
Conditional	evacuaria	evacuarias	evacuaria	evacuaríamos	evacuaríeis	evacuariam
Subjunctive
Present	evacue	evacues	evacue	evacuemos	evacueis	evacuem
Imperfect	evacuasse	evacuasses	evacuasse	evacuássemos	evacuásseis	evacuassem
Future	evacuar	evacuares	evacuar	evacuarmos	evacuardes	evacuarem
Imperative
Affirmative		evacua	evacue	evacuemos	evacuai	evacuem
Negative (não)		não evacues	não evacue	não evacuemos	não evacueis	não evacuem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• evacuação
• evacuado
• evacuativo
• evacuatório

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin ēvacuāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ebaˈkwaɾ/ [e.β̞aˈkwaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: e‧va‧cuar

Verb

evacuar (first-person singular present evacuo or evacúo, first-person singular preterite evacué, past participle evacuado)

1. to evacuate

Conjugation

This verb has two possible conjugations.

    Conjugation of evacuar (non-alternating or u-ú alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			evacuar
gerund			evacuando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		evacuado		evacuada
		plural		evacuados		evacuadas
		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	evacuo, evacúo	evacuas, evacúastú evacuásvos	evacua, evacúa	evacuamos	evacuáis	evacuan, evacúan
	imperfect	evacuaba	evacuabas	evacuaba	evacuábamos	evacuabais	evacuaban
	preterite	evacué	evacuaste	evacuó	evacuamos	evacuasteis	evacuaron
	future	evacuaré	evacuarás	evacuará	evacuaremos	evacuaréis	evacuarán
	conditional	evacuaría	evacuarías	evacuaría	evacuaríamos	evacuaríais	evacuarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	evacue, evacúe	evacues, evacúestú evacuésvos2	evacue, evacúe	evacuemos	evacuéis	evacuen, evacúen
	imperfect (ra)	evacuara	evacuaras	evacuara	evacuáramos	evacuarais	evacuaran
	imperfect (se)	evacuase	evacuases	evacuase	evacuásemos	evacuaseis	evacuasen
	future1	evacuare	evacuares	evacuare	evacuáremos	evacuareis	evacuaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		evacua, evacúatú evacuávos	evacue, evacúe	evacuemos	evacuad	evacuen, evacúen
	negative		no evacues, no evacúes	no evacue, no evacúe	no evacuemos	no evacuéis	no evacuen, no evacúen

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

    Selected combined forms of evacuar (non-alternating or u-ú alternation)

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 evacuar
	dative	evacuarme	evacuarte	evacuarle, evacuarse	evacuarnos	evacuaros	evacuarles, evacuarse
	accusative	evacuarme	evacuarte	evacuarlo, evacuarla, evacuarse	evacuarnos	evacuaros	evacuarlos, evacuarlas, evacuarse
with gerund evacuando
	dative	evacuándome	evacuándote	evacuándole, evacuándose	evacuándonos	evacuándoos	evacuándoles, evacuándose
	accusative	evacuándome	evacuándote	evacuándolo, evacuándola, evacuándose	evacuándonos	evacuándoos	evacuándolos, evacuándolas, evacuándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative evacua, evacúa
	dative	evácuame, evacúame	evácuate, evacúate	evácuale, evacúale	evácuanos, evacúanos	not used	evácuales, evacúales
	accusative	evácuame, evacúame	evácuate, evacúate	evácualo, evacúalo, evácuala, evacúala	evácuanos, evacúanos	not used	evácualos, evacúalos, evácualas, evacúalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative evacuá
	dative	evacuame	evacuate	evacuale	evacuanos	not used	evacuales
	accusative	evacuame	evacuate	evacualo, evacuala	evacuanos	not used	evacualos, evacualas
with formal second-person singular imperative evacue, evacúe
	dative	evácueme, evacúeme	not used	evácuele, evacúele, evácuese, evacúese	evácuenos, evacúenos	not used	evácueles, evacúeles
	accusative	evácueme, evacúeme	not used	evácuelo, evacúelo, evácuela, evacúela, evácuese, evacúese	evácuenos, evacúenos	not used	evácuelos, evacúelos, evácuelas, evacúelas
with first-person plural imperative evacuemos
	dative	not used	evacuémoste	evacuémosle	evacuémonos	evacuémoos	evacuémosles
	accusative	not used	evacuémoste	evacuémoslo, evacuémosla	evacuémonos	evacuémoos	evacuémoslos, evacuémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative evacuad
	dative	evacuadme	not used	evacuadle	evacuadnos	evacuaos	evacuadles
	accusative	evacuadme	not used	evacuadlo, evacuadla	evacuadnos	evacuaos	evacuadlos, evacuadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative evacuen, evacúen
	dative	evácuenme, evacúenme	not used	evácuenle, evacúenle	evácuennos, evacúennos	not used	evácuenles, evacúenles, evácuense, evacúense
	accusative	evácuenme, evacúenme	not used	evácuenlo, evacúenlo, evácuenla, evacúenla	evácuennos, evacúennos	not used	evácuenlos, evacúenlos, evácuenlas, evacúenlas, evácuense, evacúense

Related terms

• evacuación

 

Further reading

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