aviar

See also: aviär

Catalan

Etymology

From a- +‎ via (“way”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ə.βiˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.viˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.viˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [a.βiˈa]

Verb

aviar (first-person singular present avio, first-person singular preterite avií, past participle aviat)

1. (transitive) to dismiss, order to leave

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of aviar (first conjugation)

infinitive			aviar
gerund			aviant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aviat		aviada
		plural		aviats		aviades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	avio	avies	avia	aviem	avieu	avien
	imperfect	aviava	aviaves	aviava	aviàvem	aviàveu	aviaven
	future	aviaré	aviaràs	aviarà	aviarem	aviareu	aviaran
	preterite	avií	aviares	avià	aviàrem	aviàreu	aviaren
	conditional	aviaria	aviaries	aviaria	aviaríem	aviaríeu	aviarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	aviï	aviïs	aviï	aviem	avieu	aviïn
	imperfect	aviés	aviessis	aviés	aviéssim	aviéssiu	aviessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	avia	aviï	aviem	avieu	aviïn
	negative (no)	—	no aviïs	no aviï	no aviem	no avieu	no aviïn

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “aviar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “aviar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “aviar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “aviar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Portuguese

Etymology

From a- + via + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.viˈa(ʁ)/ [a.viˈa(h)], (faster) /aˈvja(ʁ)/ [aˈvja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.viˈa(ʁ)/ [a.viˈa(h)], (faster) /aˈvja(ʁ)/ [aˈvja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.viˈa(ɾ)/, (faster) /aˈvja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.viˈa(ʁ)/ [a.viˈa(χ)], (faster) /aˈvja(ʁ)/ [aˈvja(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /a.viˈa(ɻ)/, (faster) /aˈvja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈvjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈvjaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈbjaɾ/ [ɐˈβjaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈvja.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧vi‧ar

Verb

aviar (first-person singular present avio, first-person singular preterite aviei, past participle aviado)

1. (transitive) to dispense, issue
2. (transitive) to kill

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aviar (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	aviar
Personal	aviar	aviares	aviar	aviarmos	aviardes	aviarem
Gerund
	aviando
Past participle
Masculine	aviado			aviados
Feminine	aviada			aviadas
Indicative
Present	avio	avias	avia	aviamos	aviais	aviam
Imperfect	aviava	aviavas	aviava	aviávamos	aviáveis	aviavam
Preterite	aviei	aviaste	aviou	aviamos1, aviámos2	aviastes	aviaram
Pluperfect	aviara	aviaras	aviara	aviáramos	aviáreis	aviaram
Future	aviarei	aviarás	aviará	aviaremos	aviareis	aviarão
Conditional	aviaria	aviarias	aviaria	aviaríamos	aviaríeis	aviariam
Subjunctive
Present	avie	avies	avie	aviemos	avieis	aviem
Imperfect	aviasse	aviasses	aviasse	aviássemos	aviásseis	aviassem
Future	aviar	aviares	aviar	aviarmos	aviardes	aviarem
Imperative
Affirmative		avia	avie	aviemos	aviai	aviem
Negative (não)		não avies	não avie	não aviemos	não avieis	não aviem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “aviar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “aviar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “aviar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “aviar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “aviar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “aviar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

French aviairebor.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis

Proto-Italic *awis

Latin avis

Latin -ārius

Latin aviariuslbor.

Romanian aviar

Borrowed from French aviaire, or a learned borrowing from Latin aviarius.

Adjective

aviar m or n (feminine singular aviară, masculine plural aviari, feminine/neuter plural aviare)

1. of or pertaining to birds.

Declension

Declension of aviar

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	aviar		aviară	aviari	aviare
	definite	aviarul		aviara	aviarii	aviarele
genitive- dative	indefinite	aviar		aviare	aviari	aviare
	definite	aviarului		aviarei	aviarilor	aviarelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈbjaɾ/ [aˈβ̞jaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧viar

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis

Proto-Italic *awis

Latin avis

Latin -em

Latin avem

Old Spanish ave

Spanish ave

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin -āris

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish aviar

From ave + -ar.

Adjective

aviar m or f (masculine and feminine plural aviares)

1. (relational) bird; avian (of or relating to birds)

   Synonym: aviario

Derived terms

• gripe aviar

Etymology 2

Verb

aviar (first-person singular present avío, first-person singular preterite avié, past participle aviado)

1. to get ready

   Synonyms: alistar, aprestar

2. to prepare

   Synonym: preparar

3. to hurry

Conjugation

    Conjugation of aviar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			aviar
gerund			aviando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		aviado		aviada
		plural		aviados		aviadas
		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	avío	avíastú aviásvos	avía	aviamos	aviáis	avían
	imperfect	aviaba	aviabas	aviaba	aviábamos	aviabais	aviaban
	preterite	avié	aviaste	avió	aviamos	aviasteis	aviaron
	future	aviaré	aviarás	aviará	aviaremos	aviaréis	aviarán
	conditional	aviaría	aviarías	aviaría	aviaríamos	aviaríais	aviarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	avíe	avíestú aviésvos2	avíe	aviemos	aviéis	avíen
	imperfect (ra)	aviara	aviaras	aviara	aviáramos	aviarais	aviaran
	imperfect (se)	aviase	aviases	aviase	aviásemos	aviaseis	aviasen
	future1	aviare	aviares	aviare	aviáremos	aviareis	aviaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		avíatú aviávos	avíe	aviemos	aviad	avíen
	negative		no avíes	no avíe	no aviemos	no aviéis	no avíen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of aviar (i-í 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 aviar	dative	aviarme	aviarte	aviarle, aviarse	aviarnos	aviaros	aviarles, aviarse
	accusative	aviarme	aviarte	aviarlo, aviarla, aviarse	aviarnos	aviaros	aviarlos, aviarlas, aviarse
with gerund aviando	dative	aviándome	aviándote	aviándole, aviándose	aviándonos	aviándoos	aviándoles, aviándose
	accusative	aviándome	aviándote	aviándolo, aviándola, aviándose	aviándonos	aviándoos	aviándolos, aviándolas, aviándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative avía	dative	avíame	avíate	avíale	avíanos	not used	avíales
	accusative	avíame	avíate	avíalo, avíala	avíanos	not used	avíalos, avíalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative aviá	dative	aviame	aviate	aviale	avianos	not used	aviales
	accusative	aviame	aviate	avialo, aviala	avianos	not used	avialos, avialas
with formal second-person singular imperative avíe	dative	avíeme	not used	avíele, avíese	avíenos	not used	avíeles
	accusative	avíeme	not used	avíelo, avíela, avíese	avíenos	not used	avíelos, avíelas
with first-person plural imperative aviemos	dative	not used	aviémoste	aviémosle	aviémonos	aviémoos	aviémosles
	accusative	not used	aviémoste	aviémoslo, aviémosla	aviémonos	aviémoos	aviémoslos, aviémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative aviad	dative	aviadme	not used	aviadle	aviadnos	aviaos	aviadles
	accusative	aviadme	not used	aviadlo, aviadla	aviadnos	aviaos	aviadlos, aviadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative avíen	dative	avíenme	not used	avíenle	avíennos	not used	avíenles, avíense
	accusative	avíenme	not used	avíenlo, avíenla	avíennos	not used	avíenlos, avíenlas, avíense

Derived terms

• avío

Further reading

• “aviar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025