aliviar

Galician

Alternative forms

• aluviar

Etymology

From Latin alleviāre, present active infinitive of alleviō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aliˈβjaɾ/

Verb

aliviar (first-person singular present alivio, first-person singular preterite aliviei, past participle aliviado)
aliviar (first-person singular present alivio, first-person singular preterite aliviei, past participle aliviado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive) to relieve, ease, alleviate

   Synonyms: acalmar, atenuar, mitigar

2. (transitive) to lighten

   Synonym: alixeirar

3. (euphemistic) to steal
4. (pronominal) to shit

   Synonym: facer de corpo

5. (intransitive) to calm down

   Synonym: amainar

6. (impersonal, of the weather) to clear up

   Synonyms: amainar, escampar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aliviar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	aliviar
Personal	aliviar	aliviares	aliviar	aliviarmos	aliviardes	aliviaren
Gerund
	aliviando
Past participle
Masculine	aliviado			aliviados
Feminine	aliviada			aliviadas
Indicative
Present	alivio	alivias	alivia	aliviamos	aliviades	alivian
Imperfect	aliviaba	aliviabas	aliviaba	aliviabamos	aliviabades	aliviaban
Preterite	aliviei	aliviaches	aliviou	aliviamos	aliviastes	aliviaron
Pluperfect	aliviara	aliviaras	aliviara	aliviaramos	aliviarades	aliviaran
Future	aliviarei	aliviarás	aliviará	aliviaremos	aliviaredes	aliviarán
Conditional	aliviaría	aliviarías	aliviaría	aliviariamos	aliviariades	aliviarían
Subjunctive
Present	alivie	alivies	alivie	aliviemos	aliviedes	alivien
Imperfect	aliviase	aliviases	aliviase	aliviásemos	aliviásedes	aliviasen
Future	aliviar	aliviares	aliviar	aliviarmos	aliviardes	aliviaren
Imperative
Affirmative		alivia	alivie	aliviemos	aliviade	alivien
Negative (non)		non alivies	non alivie	non aliviemos	non aliviedes	non alivien

    Reintegrated conjugation of aliviar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	aliviar
Personal	aliviar	aliviares	aliviar	aliviarmos	aliviardes	aliviarem
Gerund
	aliviando
Past participle
Masculine	aliviado			aliviados
Feminine	aliviada			aliviadas
Indicative
Present	alivio	alivias	alivia	aliviamos	aliviades, aliviais	aliviam
Imperfect	aliviava	aliviavas	aliviava	aliviávamos	aliviávades, aliviáveis, aliviávais1	aliviavam
Preterite	aliviei	aliviaste, aliviache1	aliviou	aliviamos	aliviastes	aliviárom, aliviaram
Pluperfect	aliviara	aliviaras	aliviara	aliviáramos	aliviárades, aliviáreis, aliviárais1	aliviaram
Future	aliviarei	aliviarás	aliviará	aliviaremos	aliviaredes, aliviareis	aliviarám, aliviarão
Conditional	aliviaria	aliviarias	aliviaria	aliviaríamos	aliviaríades, aliviaríeis, aliviaríais1	aliviariam
Subjunctive
Present	alivie	alivies	alivie	aliviemos	aliviedes, alivieis	aliviem
Imperfect	aliviasse	aliviasses	aliviasse	aliviássemos	aliviássedes, aliviásseis	aliviassem
Future	aliviar	aliviares	aliviar	aliviarmos	aliviardes	aliviarem
Imperative
Affirmative		alivia	alivie	aliviemos	aliviade, aliviai	aliviem
Negative (nom)		nom alivies	nom alivie	nom aliviemos	nom aliviedes, nom alivieis	nom aliviem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• aliviadoiro

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “aliviar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “aliviar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aliviar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin alleviāre. Doublet of aligeirar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.li.viˈa(ʁ)/ [a.li.vɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /a.liˈvja(ʁ)/ [a.liˈvja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.li.viˈa(ʁ)/ [a.li.vɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /a.liˈvja(ʁ)/ [a.liˈvja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.li.viˈa(ɾ)/ [a.li.vɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.liˈvja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.li.viˈa(ʁ)/ [a.li.vɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.liˈvja(ʁ)/ [a.liˈvja(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.li.viˈa(ɻ)/ [a.li.vɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /a.liˈvja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.liˈvjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.liˈvjaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.liˈbjaɾ/ [ɐ.liˈβjaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.liˈvja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧li‧vi‧ar

Verb

aliviar (first-person singular present alivio, first-person singular preterite aliviei, past participle aliviado)

1. to relieve, ease, alleviate
2. to lighten
3. (euphemistic) to steal

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aliviar (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	aliviar
Personal	aliviar	aliviares	aliviar	aliviarmos	aliviardes	aliviarem
Gerund
	aliviando
Past participle
Masculine	aliviado			aliviados
Feminine	aliviada			aliviadas
Indicative
Present	alivio	alivias	alivia	aliviamos	aliviais	aliviam
Imperfect	aliviava	aliviavas	aliviava	aliviávamos	aliviáveis	aliviavam
Preterite	aliviei	aliviaste	aliviou	aliviamos1, aliviámos2	aliviastes	aliviaram
Pluperfect	aliviara	aliviaras	aliviara	aliviáramos	aliviáreis	aliviaram
Future	aliviarei	aliviarás	aliviará	aliviaremos	aliviareis	aliviarão
Conditional	aliviaria	aliviarias	aliviaria	aliviaríamos	aliviaríeis	aliviariam
Subjunctive
Present	alivie	alivies	alivie	aliviemos	alivieis	aliviem
Imperfect	aliviasse	aliviasses	aliviasse	aliviássemos	aliviásseis	aliviassem
Future	aliviar	aliviares	aliviar	aliviarmos	aliviardes	aliviarem
Imperative
Affirmative		alivia	alivie	aliviemos	aliviai	aliviem
Negative (não)		não alivies	não alivie	não aliviemos	não alivieis	não aliviem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:aliviar.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Latin alleviāre. Doublet of aligerar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aliˈbjaɾ/ [a.liˈβ̞jaɾ]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧li‧viar

Verb

aliviar (first-person singular present alivio, first-person singular preterite alivié, past participle aliviado)

1. (transitive) to lighten

   Synonym: aligerar

2. (transitive) to relieve, alleviate, unburden

   Me alivia. ― I am relieved.

3. (reflexive) to soothe (to bring comfort or relief)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aliviar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			aliviar
gerund			aliviando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aliviado		aliviada
		plural		aliviados		aliviadas
		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	alivio	aliviastú aliviásvos	alivia	aliviamos	aliviáis	alivian
	imperfect	aliviaba	aliviabas	aliviaba	aliviábamos	aliviabais	aliviaban
	preterite	alivié	aliviaste	alivió	aliviamos	aliviasteis	aliviaron
	future	aliviaré	aliviarás	aliviará	aliviaremos	aliviaréis	aliviarán
	conditional	aliviaría	aliviarías	aliviaría	aliviaríamos	aliviaríais	aliviarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	alivie	aliviestú aliviésvos2	alivie	aliviemos	aliviéis	alivien
	imperfect (ra)	aliviara	aliviaras	aliviara	aliviáramos	aliviarais	aliviaran
	imperfect (se)	aliviase	aliviases	aliviase	aliviásemos	aliviaseis	aliviasen
	future1	aliviare	aliviares	aliviare	aliviáremos	aliviareis	aliviaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		aliviatú aliviávos	alivie	aliviemos	aliviad	alivien
	negative		no alivies	no alivie	no aliviemos	no aliviéis	no alivien

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

    Selected combined forms of aliviar

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 aliviar
	dative	aliviarme	aliviarte	aliviarle, aliviarse	aliviarnos	aliviaros	aliviarles, aliviarse
	accusative	aliviarme	aliviarte	aliviarlo, aliviarla, aliviarse	aliviarnos	aliviaros	aliviarlos, aliviarlas, aliviarse
with gerund aliviando
	dative	aliviándome	aliviándote	aliviándole, aliviándose	aliviándonos	aliviándoos	aliviándoles, aliviándose
	accusative	aliviándome	aliviándote	aliviándolo, aliviándola, aliviándose	aliviándonos	aliviándoos	aliviándolos, aliviándolas, aliviándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative alivia
	dative	alíviame	alíviate	alíviale	alívianos	not used	alíviales
	accusative	alíviame	alíviate	alívialo, alíviala	alívianos	not used	alívialos, alívialas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative aliviá
	dative	aliviame	aliviate	aliviale	alivianos	not used	aliviales
	accusative	aliviame	aliviate	alivialo, aliviala	alivianos	not used	alivialos, alivialas
with formal second-person singular imperative alivie
	dative	alívieme	not used	alíviele, alíviese	alívienos	not used	alívieles
	accusative	alívieme	not used	alívielo, alíviela, alíviese	alívienos	not used	alívielos, alívielas
with first-person plural imperative aliviemos
	dative	not used	aliviémoste	aliviémosle	aliviémonos	aliviémoos	aliviémosles
	accusative	not used	aliviémoste	aliviémoslo, aliviémosla	aliviémonos	aliviémoos	aliviémoslos, aliviémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative aliviad
	dative	aliviadme	not used	aliviadle	aliviadnos	aliviaos	aliviadles
	accusative	aliviadme	not used	aliviadlo, aliviadla	aliviadnos	aliviaos	aliviadlos, aliviadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative alivien
	dative	alívienme	not used	alívienle	alíviennos	not used	alívienles, alíviense
	accusative	alívienme	not used	alívienlo, alívienla	alíviennos	not used	alívienlos, alívienlas, alíviense

Derived terms

• aliviadero
• aliviado
• aliviador
• alivio

 

Related terms

• liviano

 

Further reading

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