devorar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dēvorāre, present active infinitive of dēvorō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [də.βuˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [də.voˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.voˈɾaɾ]

Verb

devorar (first-person singular present devoro, first-person singular preterite devorí, past participle devorat)

1. to devour
2. (colloquial) to pig out, to gorge

Further reading

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

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English devour, French dévorer, Italian divorare, Spanish devorar, all from Latin dēvorō (“I devour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.voˈrar/

Verb

devorar (present tense devoras, past tense devoris, future tense devoros, imperative devorez, conditional devorus)

1. to devour; to eat greedily

Conjugation

    Conjugation of devorar

		present		past		future
infinitive		devorar		devorir		devoror
tense		devoras		devoris		devoros
conditional		devorus
imperative		devorez
adjective active participle		devoranta		devorinta		devoronta
adverbial active participle		devorante		devorinte		devoronte
nominal active participle	singular	devoranto		devorinto		devoronto
	plural	devoranti		devorinti		devoronti
adjective passive participle		devorata		devorita		devorota
adverbial passive participle		devorate		devorite		devorote
nominal passive participle	singular	devorato		devorito		devoroto
	plural	devorati		devoriti		devoroti

Synonyms

• (to devour): manjegar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin dēvorāre, present active infinitive of dēvorō (“I devour”), from vorō (“I devour”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to devour”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɨ.vu.ˈɾaɾ/
• IPA^(key): /de.vo.ˈɾa(ʁ)/
  • IPA^(key): /de.vo.ˈɾa(ɹ)/
  • IPA^(key): /de.vo.ˈɾa(ɻ)/
  • IPA^(key): /de.vo.ˈɾa(χ)/
• Hyphenation: de‧vo‧rar

Verb

1. to devour (to eat greedily)

   Synonym: consumir

2. (of books) to read many books in a short time (when studying for a test)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:devorar.

Related terms

• devoração
• devorado
• devorador

• devorante
• devorismo
• voraz

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin dēvorāre, present active infinitive of dēvorō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deboˈɾaɾ/ [d̪e.β̞oˈɾaɾ]

Verb

devorar (first-person singular present devoro, first-person singular preterite devoré, past participle devorado)

1. to devour

Conjugation

    Conjugation of devorar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			devorar
gerund			devorando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		devorado		devorada
		plural		devorados		devoradas
		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	devoro	devorastú devorásvos	devora	devoramos	devoráis	devoran
	imperfect	devoraba	devorabas	devoraba	devorábamos	devorabais	devoraban
	preterite	devoré	devoraste	devoró	devoramos	devorasteis	devoraron
	future	devoraré	devorarás	devorará	devoraremos	devoraréis	devorarán
	conditional	devoraría	devorarías	devoraría	devoraríamos	devoraríais	devorarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	devore	devorestú devorésvos2	devore	devoremos	devoréis	devoren
	imperfect (ra)	devorara	devoraras	devorara	devoráramos	devorarais	devoraran
	imperfect (se)	devorase	devorases	devorase	devorásemos	devoraseis	devorasen
	future1	devorare	devorares	devorare	devoráremos	devorareis	devoraren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		devoratú devorávos	devore	devoremos	devorad	devoren
	negative		no devores	no devore	no devoremos	no devoréis	no devoren

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

    Selected combined forms of devorar

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 devorar
	dative	devorarme	devorarte	devorarle, devorarse	devorarnos	devoraros	devorarles, devorarse
	accusative	devorarme	devorarte	devorarlo, devorarla, devorarse	devorarnos	devoraros	devorarlos, devorarlas, devorarse
with gerund devorando
	dative	devorándome	devorándote	devorándole, devorándose	devorándonos	devorándoos	devorándoles, devorándose
	accusative	devorándome	devorándote	devorándolo, devorándola, devorándose	devorándonos	devorándoos	devorándolos, devorándolas, devorándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative devora
	dative	devórame	devórate	devórale	devóranos	not used	devórales
	accusative	devórame	devórate	devóralo, devórala	devóranos	not used	devóralos, devóralas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative devorá
	dative	devorame	devorate	devorale	devoranos	not used	devorales
	accusative	devorame	devorate	devoralo, devorala	devoranos	not used	devoralos, devoralas
with formal second-person singular imperative devore
	dative	devóreme	not used	devórele, devórese	devórenos	not used	devóreles
	accusative	devóreme	not used	devórelo, devórela, devórese	devórenos	not used	devórelos, devórelas
with first-person plural imperative devoremos
	dative	not used	devorémoste	devorémosle	devorémonos	devorémoos	devorémosles
	accusative	not used	devorémoste	devorémoslo, devorémosla	devorémonos	devorémoos	devorémoslos, devorémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative devorad
	dative	devoradme	not used	devoradle	devoradnos	devoraos	devoradles
	accusative	devoradme	not used	devoradlo, devoradla	devoradnos	devoraos	devoradlos, devoradlas
with formal second-person plural imperative devoren
	dative	devórenme	not used	devórenle	devórennos	not used	devórenles, devórense
	accusative	devórenme	not used	devórenlo, devórenla	devórennos	not used	devórenlos, devórenlas, devórense

Further reading

• “devorar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28