excavar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excavāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əks.kəˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əks.kəˈva]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eks.kaˈvaɾ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

excavar (first-person singular present excavo, first-person singular preterite excaví, past participle excavat)

1. (transitive) to excavate, to dig

Conjugation

    Conjugation of excavar (first conjugation)

infinitive			excavar
gerund			excavant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		excavat		excavada
		plural		excavats		excavades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	excavo	excaves	excava	excavem	excaveu	excaven
	imperfect	excavava	excavaves	excavava	excavàvem	excavàveu	excavaven
	future	excavaré	excavaràs	excavarà	excavarem	excavareu	excavaran
	preterite	excaví	excavares	excavà	excavàrem	excavàreu	excavaren
	conditional	excavaria	excavaries	excavaria	excavaríem	excavaríeu	excavarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	excavi	excavis	excavi	excavem	excaveu	excavin
	imperfect	excavés	excavessis	excavés	excavéssim	excavéssiu	excavessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	excava	excavi	excavem	excaveu	excavin
	negative (no)	—	no excavis	no excavi	no excavem	no excaveu	no excavin

Derived terms

• excavador

Related terms

• cavar
• excavació

Further reading

• “excavar”, 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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin excavāre. Doublet of escavar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡskaˈbaɾ/ [eɣ̞s.kaˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ex‧ca‧var

Verb

excavar (first-person singular present excavo, first-person singular preterite excavé, past participle excavado)

1. to excavate, dig

Conjugation

    Conjugation of excavar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			excavar
gerund			excavando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		excavado		excavada
		plural		excavados		excavadas
		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	excavo	excavastú excavásvos	excava	excavamos	excaváis	excavan
	imperfect	excavaba	excavabas	excavaba	excavábamos	excavabais	excavaban
	preterite	excavé	excavaste	excavó	excavamos	excavasteis	excavaron
	future	excavaré	excavarás	excavará	excavaremos	excavaréis	excavarán
	conditional	excavaría	excavarías	excavaría	excavaríamos	excavaríais	excavarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	excave	excavestú excavésvos2	excave	excavemos	excavéis	excaven
	imperfect (ra)	excavara	excavaras	excavara	excaváramos	excavarais	excavaran
	imperfect (se)	excavase	excavases	excavase	excavásemos	excavaseis	excavasen
	future1	excavare	excavares	excavare	excaváremos	excavareis	excavaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		excavatú excavávos	excave	excavemos	excavad	excaven
	negative		no excaves	no excave	no excavemos	no excavéis	no excaven

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

    Selected combined forms of excavar

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 excavar	dative	excavarme	excavarte	excavarle, excavarse	excavarnos	excavaros	excavarles, excavarse
	accusative	excavarme	excavarte	excavarlo, excavarla, excavarse	excavarnos	excavaros	excavarlos, excavarlas, excavarse
with gerund excavando	dative	excavándome	excavándote	excavándole, excavándose	excavándonos	excavándoos	excavándoles, excavándose
	accusative	excavándome	excavándote	excavándolo, excavándola, excavándose	excavándonos	excavándoos	excavándolos, excavándolas, excavándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative excava	dative	excávame	excávate	excávale	excávanos	not used	excávales
	accusative	excávame	excávate	excávalo, excávala	excávanos	not used	excávalos, excávalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative excavá	dative	excavame	excavate	excavale	excavanos	not used	excavales
	accusative	excavame	excavate	excavalo, excavala	excavanos	not used	excavalos, excavalas
with formal second-person singular imperative excave	dative	excáveme	not used	excávele, excávese	excávenos	not used	excáveles
	accusative	excáveme	not used	excávelo, excávela, excávese	excávenos	not used	excávelos, excávelas
with first-person plural imperative excavemos	dative	not used	excavémoste	excavémosle	excavémonos	excavémoos	excavémosles
	accusative	not used	excavémoste	excavémoslo, excavémosla	excavémonos	excavémoos	excavémoslos, excavémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative excavad	dative	excavadme	not used	excavadle	excavadnos	excavaos	excavadles
	accusative	excavadme	not used	excavadlo, excavadla	excavadnos	excavaos	excavadlos, excavadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative excaven	dative	excávenme	not used	excávenle	excávennos	not used	excávenles, excávense
	accusative	excávenme	not used	excávenlo, excávenla	excávennos	not used	excávenlos, excávenlas, excávense

Derived terms

• excavador

Related terms

• cavar
• escavar
• excavación

Further reading

• “excavar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024