desovar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.zoˈva(ʁ)/ [de.zoˈva(h)], /d͡ʒi.zoˈva(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.zoˈva(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɔˈvaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɔˈvaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɔˈbaɾ/ [dɨ.zɔˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.zɔˈva.ɾi/

Verb

desovar (first-person singular present desovo, first-person singular preterite desovei, past participle desovado)

1. to spawn (to produce or deposit (eggs) in water)
2. (Brazil, colloquial) to ditch, to dispose of [a corpse or stolen vehicle]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desovar (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	desovar
Personal	desovar	desovares	desovar	desovarmos	desovardes	desovarem
Gerund
	desovando
Past participle
Masculine	desovado			desovados
Feminine	desovada			desovadas
Indicative
Present	desovo	desovas	desova	desovamos	desovais	desovam
Imperfect	desovava	desovavas	desovava	desovávamos	desováveis	desovavam
Preterite	desovei	desovaste	desovou	desovamos1, desovámos2	desovastes	desovaram
Pluperfect	desovara	desovaras	desovara	desováramos	desováreis	desovaram
Future	desovarei	desovarás	desovará	desovaremos	desovareis	desovarão
Conditional	desovaria	desovarias	desovaria	desovaríamos	desovaríeis	desovariam
Subjunctive
Present	desove	desoves	desove	desovemos	desoveis	desovem
Imperfect	desovasse	desovasses	desovasse	desovássemos	desovásseis	desovassem
Future	desovar	desovares	desovar	desovarmos	desovardes	desovarem
Imperative
Affirmative		desova	desove	desovemos	desovai	desovem
Negative (não)		não desoves	não desove	não desovemos	não desoveis	não desovem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old Spanish des-

Spanish des-

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwisder.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm

Proto-Italic *ōw(j)om

Latin ovum

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -āre

Old Spanish -ar

Spanish -ar

Spanish desovar

From des- + Latin ovum + Spanish -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desoˈbaɾ/ [d̪e.soˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧so‧var

Verb

desovar (first-person singular present desovo, first-person singular preterite desové, past participle desovado)

1. to spawn, lay eggs

Conjugation

    Conjugation of desovar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			desovar
gerund			desovando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		desovado		desovada
		plural		desovados		desovadas
		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	desovo	desovastú desovásvos	desova	desovamos	desováis	desovan
	imperfect	desovaba	desovabas	desovaba	desovábamos	desovabais	desovaban
	preterite	desové	desovaste	desovó	desovamos	desovasteis	desovaron
	future	desovaré	desovarás	desovará	desovaremos	desovaréis	desovarán
	conditional	desovaría	desovarías	desovaría	desovaríamos	desovaríais	desovarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	desove	desovestú desovésvos2	desove	desovemos	desovéis	desoven
	imperfect (ra)	desovara	desovaras	desovara	desováramos	desovarais	desovaran
	imperfect (se)	desovase	desovases	desovase	desovásemos	desovaseis	desovasen
	future1	desovare	desovares	desovare	desováremos	desovareis	desovaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		desovatú desovávos	desove	desovemos	desovad	desoven
	negative		no desoves	no desove	no desovemos	no desovéis	no desoven

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

Related terms

• desove

Further reading

• “desovar”, 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