avisar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French aviser, from Latin advisāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ə.βiˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.viˈza]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [a.viˈzaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

avisar (first-person singular present aviso, first-person singular preterite avisí, past participle avisat)

1. (transitive) to inform, let someone know
2. (transitive) to warn

Conjugation

    Conjugation of avisar (first conjugation)

infinitive			avisar
gerund			avisant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		avisat		avisada
		plural		avisats		avisades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	aviso	avises	avisa	avisem	aviseu	avisen
	imperfect	avisava	avisaves	avisava	avisàvem	avisàveu	avisaven
	future	avisaré	avisaràs	avisarà	avisarem	avisareu	avisaran
	preterite	avisí	avisares	avisà	avisàrem	avisàreu	avisaren
	conditional	avisaria	avisaries	avisaria	avisaríem	avisaríeu	avisarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	avisi	avisis	avisi	avisem	aviseu	avisin
	imperfect	avisés	avisessis	avisés	aviséssim	aviséssiu	avisessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	avisa	avisi	avisem	aviseu	avisin
	negative (no)	—	no avisis	no avisi	no avisem	no aviseu	no avisin

Derived terms

• avisador
• avisament
• avisat

 

Related terms

• avís

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• avaris, variàs, viaràs, visara, visarà

Galician

Etymology

From French aviser, from Latin advisāre, present active infinitive of advisō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aβiˈsaɾ]
• Hyphenation: a‧vi‧sar

Verb

avisar (first-person singular present aviso, first-person singular preterite avisei, past participle avisado)

1. to advise, notify, warn

Conjugation

    Conjugation of avisar

	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	avisar
Personal	avisar	avisares	avisar	avisarmos	avisardes	avisaren
Gerund
	avisando
Past participle
Masculine	avisado			avisados
Feminine	avisada			avisadas
Indicative
Present	aviso	avisas	avisa	avisamos	avisades	avisan
Imperfect	avisaba	avisabas	avisaba	avisabamos	avisabades	avisaban
Preterite	avisei	avisaches	avisou	avisamos	avisastes	avisaron
Pluperfect	avisara	avisaras	avisara	avisaramos	avisarades	avisaran
Future	avisarei	avisarás	avisará	avisaremos	avisaredes	avisarán
Conditional	avisaría	avisarías	avisaría	avisariamos	avisariades	avisarían
Subjunctive
Present	avise	avises	avise	avisemos	avisedes	avisen
Imperfect	avisase	avisases	avisase	avisásemos	avisásedes	avisasen
Future	avisar	avisares	avisar	avisarmos	avisardes	avisaren
Imperative
Affirmative		avisa	avise	avisemos	avisade	avisen
Negative (non)		non avises	non avise	non avisemos	non avisedes	non avisen

    Reintegrated conjugation of avisar (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	avisar
Personal	avisar	avisares	avisar	avisarmos	avisardes	avisarem
Gerund
	avisando
Past participle
Masculine	avisado			avisados
Feminine	avisada			avisadas
Indicative
Present	aviso	avisas	avisa	avisamos	avisades, avisais	avisam
Imperfect	avisava	avisavas	avisava	avisávamos	avisávades, avisáveis, avisávais1	avisavam
Preterite	avisei	avisaste, avisache1	avisou	avisamos	avisastes	avisárom, avisaram
Pluperfect	avisara	avisaras	avisara	avisáramos	avisárades, avisáreis, avisárais1	avisaram
Future	avisarei	avisarás	avisará	avisaremos	avisaredes, avisareis	avisarám, avisarão
Conditional	avisaria	avisarias	avisaria	avisaríamos	avisaríades, avisaríeis, avisaríais1	avisariam
Subjunctive
Present	avise	avises	avise	avisemos	avisedes, aviseis	avisem
Imperfect	avisasse	avisasses	avisasse	avisássemos	avisássedes, avisásseis	avisassem
Future	avisar	avisares	avisar	avisarmos	avisardes	avisarem
Imperative
Affirmative		avisa	avise	avisemos	avisade, avisai	avisem
Negative (nom)		nom avises	nom avise	nom avisemos	nom avisedes, nom aviseis	nom avisem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• avisado

References

• “avisar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “avisar” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
• “avisar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “avisar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• “avisar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin advīsāre, from ad + vīsō; cf. also Spanish avisar, English advise, French aviser.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.viˈza(ʁ)/ [a.viˈza(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.viˈza(ʁ)/ [a.viˈza(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /a.viˈza(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /a.viˈza(ʁ)/ [a.viˈza(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.viˈza(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.viˈzaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.viˈzaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.biˈzaɾ/ [ɐ.βiˈzaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.viˈza.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧vi‧sar

Verb

avisar (first-person singular present aviso, first-person singular preterite avisei, past participle avisado)

1. (transitive) to notify, warn
2. (transitive) to advise

Conjugation

    Conjugation of avisar (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	avisar
Personal	avisar	avisares	avisar	avisarmos	avisardes	avisarem
Gerund
	avisando
Past participle
Masculine	avisado			avisados
Feminine	avisada			avisadas
Indicative
Present	aviso	avisas	avisa	avisamos	avisais	avisam
Imperfect	avisava	avisavas	avisava	avisávamos	avisáveis	avisavam
Preterite	avisei	avisaste	avisou	avisamos1, avisámos2	avisastes	avisaram
Pluperfect	avisara	avisaras	avisara	avisáramos	avisáreis	avisaram
Future	avisarei	avisarás	avisará	avisaremos	avisareis	avisarão
Conditional	avisaria	avisarias	avisaria	avisaríamos	avisaríeis	avisariam
Subjunctive
Present	avise	avises	avise	avisemos	aviseis	avisem
Imperfect	avisasse	avisasses	avisasse	avisássemos	avisásseis	avisassem
Future	avisar	avisares	avisar	avisarmos	avisardes	avisarem
Imperative
Affirmative		avisa	avise	avisemos	avisai	avisem
Negative (não)		não avises	não avise	não avisemos	não aviseis	não avisem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “avisar” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “avisar” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “avisar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “avisar” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “avisar” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “avisar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French aviser, from Latin advisāre. Cognate with English advise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abiˈsaɾ/ [a.β̞iˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧vi‧sar

Verb

avisar (first-person singular present aviso, first-person singular preterite avisé, past participle avisado)

1. (transitive) to tell, tip off, notify, inform

   Synonyms: informar, notificar, decir, anunciar

2. (transitive) to warn

   Synonym: advertir

3. (transitive) to ask for the services of (a professional)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of avisar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			avisar
gerund			avisando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		avisado		avisada
		plural		avisados		avisadas
		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	aviso	avisastú avisásvos	avisa	avisamos	avisáis	avisan
	imperfect	avisaba	avisabas	avisaba	avisábamos	avisabais	avisaban
	preterite	avisé	avisaste	avisó	avisamos	avisasteis	avisaron
	future	avisaré	avisarás	avisará	avisaremos	avisaréis	avisarán
	conditional	avisaría	avisarías	avisaría	avisaríamos	avisaríais	avisarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	avise	avisestú avisésvos2	avise	avisemos	aviséis	avisen
	imperfect (ra)	avisara	avisaras	avisara	avisáramos	avisarais	avisaran
	imperfect (se)	avisase	avisases	avisase	avisásemos	avisaseis	avisasen
	future1	avisare	avisares	avisare	avisáremos	avisareis	avisaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		avisatú avisávos	avise	avisemos	avisad	avisen
	negative		no avises	no avise	no avisemos	no aviséis	no avisen

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

    Selected combined forms of avisar

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 avisar
	dative	avisarme	avisarte	avisarle, avisarse	avisarnos	avisaros	avisarles, avisarse
	accusative	avisarme	avisarte	avisarlo, avisarla, avisarse	avisarnos	avisaros	avisarlos, avisarlas, avisarse
with gerund avisando
	dative	avisándome	avisándote	avisándole, avisándose	avisándonos	avisándoos	avisándoles, avisándose
	accusative	avisándome	avisándote	avisándolo, avisándola, avisándose	avisándonos	avisándoos	avisándolos, avisándolas, avisándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative avisa
	dative	avísame	avísate	avísale	avísanos	not used	avísales
	accusative	avísame	avísate	avísalo, avísala	avísanos	not used	avísalos, avísalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative avisá
	dative	avisame	avisate	avisale	avisanos	not used	avisales
	accusative	avisame	avisate	avisalo, avisala	avisanos	not used	avisalos, avisalas
with formal second-person singular imperative avise
	dative	avíseme	not used	avísele, avísese	avísenos	not used	avíseles
	accusative	avíseme	not used	avíselo, avísela, avísese	avísenos	not used	avíselos, avíselas
with first-person plural imperative avisemos
	dative	not used	avisémoste	avisémosle	avisémonos	avisémoos	avisémosles
	accusative	not used	avisémoste	avisémoslo, avisémosla	avisémonos	avisémoos	avisémoslos, avisémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative avisad
	dative	avisadme	not used	avisadle	avisadnos	avisaos	avisadles
	accusative	avisadme	not used	avisadlo, avisadla	avisadnos	avisaos	avisadlos, avisadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative avisen
	dative	avísenme	not used	avísenle	avísennos	not used	avísenles, avísense
	accusative	avísenme	not used	avísenlo, avísenla	avísennos	not used	avísenlos, avísenlas, avísense

Derived terms

• avisador
• aviso

 

Further reading

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

Swedish

Verb

avisar

1. present of avisa