devisar

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.viˈzaɾ/

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

• Hyphenation: de‧vi‧sar

Verb

devisar (first-person singular present deviso, first-person singular preterite devisei, past participle devisado)

1. (transitive, obsolete) to plan; to design; to devise

   Synonyms: planear, planejar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of devisar (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	devisar
Personal	devisar	devisares	devisar	devisarmos	devisardes	devisarem
Gerund
	devisando
Past participle
Masculine	devisado			devisados
Feminine	devisada			devisadas
Indicative
Present	deviso	devisas	devisa	devisamos	devisais	devisam
Imperfect	devisava	devisavas	devisava	devisávamos	devisáveis	devisavam
Preterite	devisei	devisaste	devisou	devisamos1, devisámos2	devisastes	devisaram
Pluperfect	devisara	devisaras	devisara	devisáramos	devisáreis	devisaram
Future	devisarei	devisarás	devisará	devisaremos	devisareis	devisarão
Conditional	devisaria	devisarias	devisaria	devisaríamos	devisaríeis	devisariam
Subjunctive
Present	devise	devises	devise	devisemos	deviseis	devisem
Imperfect	devisasse	devisasses	devisasse	devisássemos	devisásseis	devisassem
Future	devisar	devisares	devisar	devisarmos	devisardes	devisarem
Imperative
Affirmative		devisa	devise	devisemos	devisai	devisem
Negative (não)		não devises	não devise	não devisemos	não deviseis	não devisem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Further reading

• “devisar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /debiˈsaɾ/ [d̪e.β̞iˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧vi‧sar

Verb

devisar (first-person singular present deviso, first-person singular preterite devisé, past participle devisado) (obsolete)

1. to plan; to design

   Synonyms: planear, diseñar

2. to divide

   Synonym: dividir

3. to tell

Conjugation

    Conjugation of devisar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			devisar
gerund			devisando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		devisado		devisada
		plural		devisados		devisadas
		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	deviso	devisastú devisásvos	devisa	devisamos	devisáis	devisan
	imperfect	devisaba	devisabas	devisaba	devisábamos	devisabais	devisaban
	preterite	devisé	devisaste	devisó	devisamos	devisasteis	devisaron
	future	devisaré	devisarás	devisará	devisaremos	devisaréis	devisarán
	conditional	devisaría	devisarías	devisaría	devisaríamos	devisaríais	devisarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	devise	devisestú devisésvos2	devise	devisemos	deviséis	devisen
	imperfect (ra)	devisara	devisaras	devisara	devisáramos	devisarais	devisaran
	imperfect (se)	devisase	devisases	devisase	devisásemos	devisaseis	devisasen
	future1	devisare	devisares	devisare	devisáremos	devisareis	devisaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		devisatú devisávos	devise	devisemos	devisad	devisen
	negative		no devises	no devise	no devisemos	no deviséis	no devisen

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

    Selected combined forms of devisar

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 devisar	dative	devisarme	devisarte	devisarle, devisarse	devisarnos	devisaros	devisarles, devisarse
	accusative	devisarme	devisarte	devisarlo, devisarla, devisarse	devisarnos	devisaros	devisarlos, devisarlas, devisarse
with gerund devisando	dative	devisándome	devisándote	devisándole, devisándose	devisándonos	devisándoos	devisándoles, devisándose
	accusative	devisándome	devisándote	devisándolo, devisándola, devisándose	devisándonos	devisándoos	devisándolos, devisándolas, devisándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative devisa	dative	devísame	devísate	devísale	devísanos	not used	devísales
	accusative	devísame	devísate	devísalo, devísala	devísanos	not used	devísalos, devísalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative devisá	dative	devisame	devisate	devisale	devisanos	not used	devisales
	accusative	devisame	devisate	devisalo, devisala	devisanos	not used	devisalos, devisalas
with formal second-person singular imperative devise	dative	devíseme	not used	devísele, devísese	devísenos	not used	devíseles
	accusative	devíseme	not used	devíselo, devísela, devísese	devísenos	not used	devíselos, devíselas
with first-person plural imperative devisemos	dative	not used	devisémoste	devisémosle	devisémonos	devisémoos	devisémosles
	accusative	not used	devisémoste	devisémoslo, devisémosla	devisémonos	devisémoos	devisémoslos, devisémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative devisad	dative	devisadme	not used	devisadle	devisadnos	devisaos	devisadles
	accusative	devisadme	not used	devisadlo, devisadla	devisadnos	devisaos	devisadlos, devisadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative devisen	dative	devísenme	not used	devísenle	devísennos	not used	devísenles, devísense
	accusative	devísenme	not used	devísenlo, devísenla	devísennos	not used	devísenlos, devísenlas, devísense

Further reading

• “devisar”, 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