avivar

Catalan

Etymology

From a- +‎ viu +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ə.βiˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.viˈva]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [a.viˈvaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [a.βiˈβa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

avivar (first-person singular present avivo, first-person singular preterite aviví, past participle avivat)

1. (transitive) to enliven, vivify
2. (transitive) to intensify, inflame, stoke

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of avivar (first conjugation)

infinitive			avivar
gerund			avivant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		avivat		avivada
		plural		avivats		avivades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	avivo	avives	aviva	avivem	aviveu	aviven
	imperfect	avivava	avivaves	avivava	avivàvem	avivàveu	avivaven
	future	avivaré	avivaràs	avivarà	avivarem	avivareu	avivaran
	preterite	aviví	avivares	avivà	avivàrem	avivàreu	avivaren
	conditional	avivaria	avivaries	avivaria	avivaríem	avivaríeu	avivarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	avivi	avivis	avivi	avivem	aviveu	avivin
	imperfect	avivés	avivessis	avivés	avivéssim	avivéssiu	avivessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	aviva	avivi	avivem	aviveu	avivin
	negative (no)	—	no avivis	no avivi	no avivem	no aviveu	no avivin

Derived terms

• avivable
• avivador
• avivament
• avivatge

Further reading

• “avivar”, 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- + vivo (“alive”) + -ar.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.viˈvaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.viˈvaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.biˈbaɾ/ [ɐ.βiˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.viˈva.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: a‧vi‧var

Verb

avivar (first-person singular present avivo, first-person singular preterite avivei, past participle avivado)

1. (transitive) to enliven (make more lively)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of avivar (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	avivar
Personal	avivar	avivares	avivar	avivarmos	avivardes	avivarem
Gerund
	avivando
Past participle
Masculine	avivado			avivados
Feminine	avivada			avivadas
Indicative
Present	avivo	avivas	aviva	avivamos	avivais	avivam
Imperfect	avivava	avivavas	avivava	avivávamos	aviváveis	avivavam
Preterite	avivei	avivaste	avivou	avivamos1, avivámos2	avivastes	avivaram
Pluperfect	avivara	avivaras	avivara	aviváramos	aviváreis	avivaram
Future	avivarei	avivarás	avivará	avivaremos	avivareis	avivarão
Conditional	avivaria	avivarias	avivaria	avivaríamos	avivaríeis	avivariam
Subjunctive
Present	avive	avives	avive	avivemos	aviveis	avivem
Imperfect	avivasse	avivasses	avivasse	avivássemos	avivásseis	avivassem
Future	avivar	avivares	avivar	avivarmos	avivardes	avivarem
Imperative
Affirmative		aviva	avive	avivemos	avivai	avivem
Negative (não)		não avives	não avive	não avivemos	não aviveis	não avivem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “avivar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “avivar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish a-

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós

Proto-Italic *gʷīwos

Latin vīvus

Old Spanish bivo

▲

Latin vīvusinflu.

Spanish vivo

Spanish -ar

Spanish avivar

From a- + vivo + -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /abiˈbaɾ/ [a.β̞iˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧vi‧var

Verb

avivar (first-person singular present avivo, first-person singular preterite avivé, past participle avivado)

1. (transitive) to enliven, to fan, to stoke, to fuel
2. (pronominal) to wake up, get clever (become more aware)

   Synonyms: abusar, despertar, espabilar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of avivar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			avivar
gerund			avivando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		avivado		avivada
		plural		avivados		avivadas
		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	avivo	avivastú avivásvos	aviva	avivamos	aviváis	avivan
	imperfect	avivaba	avivabas	avivaba	avivábamos	avivabais	avivaban
	preterite	avivé	avivaste	avivó	avivamos	avivasteis	avivaron
	future	avivaré	avivarás	avivará	avivaremos	avivaréis	avivarán
	conditional	avivaría	avivarías	avivaría	avivaríamos	avivaríais	avivarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	avive	avivestú avivésvos2	avive	avivemos	avivéis	aviven
	imperfect (ra)	avivara	avivaras	avivara	aviváramos	avivarais	avivaran
	imperfect (se)	avivase	avivases	avivase	avivásemos	avivaseis	avivasen
	future1	avivare	avivares	avivare	aviváremos	avivareis	avivaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		avivatú avivávos	avive	avivemos	avivad	aviven
	negative		no avives	no avive	no avivemos	no avivéis	no aviven

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

    Selected combined forms of avivar

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 avivar	dative	avivarme	avivarte	avivarle, avivarse	avivarnos	avivaros	avivarles, avivarse
	accusative	avivarme	avivarte	avivarlo, avivarla, avivarse	avivarnos	avivaros	avivarlos, avivarlas, avivarse
with gerund avivando	dative	avivándome	avivándote	avivándole, avivándose	avivándonos	avivándoos	avivándoles, avivándose
	accusative	avivándome	avivándote	avivándolo, avivándola, avivándose	avivándonos	avivándoos	avivándolos, avivándolas, avivándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative aviva	dative	avívame	avívate	avívale	avívanos	not used	avívales
	accusative	avívame	avívate	avívalo, avívala	avívanos	not used	avívalos, avívalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative avivá	dative	avivame	avivate	avivale	avivanos	not used	avivales
	accusative	avivame	avivate	avivalo, avivala	avivanos	not used	avivalos, avivalas
with formal second-person singular imperative avive	dative	avíveme	not used	avívele, avívese	avívenos	not used	avíveles
	accusative	avíveme	not used	avívelo, avívela, avívese	avívenos	not used	avívelos, avívelas
with first-person plural imperative avivemos	dative	not used	avivémoste	avivémosle	avivémonos	avivémoos	avivémosles
	accusative	not used	avivémoste	avivémoslo, avivémosla	avivémonos	avivémoos	avivémoslos, avivémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative avivad	dative	avivadme	not used	avivadle	avivadnos	avivaos	avivadles
	accusative	avivadme	not used	avivadlo, avivadla	avivadnos	avivaos	avivadlos, avivadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative aviven	dative	avívenme	not used	avívenle	avívennos	not used	avívenles, avívense
	accusative	avívenme	not used	avívenlo, avívenla	avívennos	not used	avívenlos, avívenlas, avívense

Derived terms

• avivamiento
• avivar el paso

Further reading

• “avivar”, 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