extraviar

Catalan

Etymology

From extra +‎ via +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [əks.tɾə.βiˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əks.tɾə.viˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eks.tɾa.viˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [eks.tɾa.βiˈa]

Verb

extraviar (first-person singular present extravio, first-person singular preterite extravií, past participle extraviat)

1. (transitive) to mislead, to lose

   Synonym: descaminar

2. (reflexive) to get lost, to go astray; (with dative subject) to lose (something), to mislay

   Synonym: perdre's

   Dispensin, se m'ha extraviat la targeta per aquí al damunt. ― Pardon me, I have mislaid the card on top of here.

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of extraviar (first conjugation)

infinitive			extraviar
gerund			extraviant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		extraviat		extraviada
		plural		extraviats		extraviades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	extravio	extravies	extravia	extraviem	extravieu	extravien
	imperfect	extraviava	extraviaves	extraviava	extraviàvem	extraviàveu	extraviaven
	future	extraviaré	extraviaràs	extraviarà	extraviarem	extraviareu	extraviaran
	preterite	extravií	extraviares	extravià	extraviàrem	extraviàreu	extraviaren
	conditional	extraviaria	extraviaries	extraviaria	extraviaríem	extraviaríeu	extraviarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	extraviï	extraviïs	extraviï	extraviem	extravieu	extraviïn
	imperfect	extraviés	extraviessis	extraviés	extraviéssim	extraviéssiu	extraviessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	extravia	extraviï	extraviem	extravieu	extraviïn
	negative (no)	—	no extraviïs	no extraviï	no extraviem	no extravieu	no extraviïn

Further reading

• “extraviar”, 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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.tɾa.viˈa(ʁ)/ [is.tɾa.vɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /is.tɾaˈvja(ʁ)/ [is.tɾaˈvja(h)], /es.tɾa.viˈa(ʁ)/ [es.tɾa.vɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /es.tɾaˈvja(ʁ)/ [es.tɾaˈvja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /is.tɾa.viˈa(ʁ)/ [is.tɾa.vɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /is.tɾaˈvja(ʁ)/ [is.tɾaˈvja(h)], /es.tɾa.viˈa(ʁ)/ [es.tɾa.vɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /es.tɾaˈvja(ʁ)/ [es.tɾaˈvja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /is.tɾa.viˈa(ɾ)/ [is.tɾa.vɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /is.tɾaˈvja(ɾ)/, /es.tɾa.viˈa(ɾ)/ [es.tɾa.vɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /es.tɾaˈvja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃ.tɾa.viˈa(ʁ)/ [iʃ.tɾa.vɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /iʃ.tɾaˈvja(ʁ)/ [iʃ.tɾaˈvja(χ)], /eʃ.tɾa.viˈa(ʁ)/ [eʃ.tɾa.vɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /eʃ.tɾaˈvja(ʁ)/ [eʃ.tɾaˈvja(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /is.tɾa.viˈa(ɻ)/ [is.tɾa.vɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /is.tɾaˈvja(ɻ)/, /es.tɾa.viˈa(ɻ)/ [es.tɾa.vɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /es.tɾaˈvja(ɻ)/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /es.tɾa.viˈa(ʁ)/ [es.tɾa.vɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /es.tɾaˈvja(ʁ)/ [es.tɾaˈvja(h)]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐjʃ.tɾɐˈvjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐjʃ.tɾɐˈvjaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ejʃ.tɾɐˈbjaɾ/ [ejʃ.tɾɐˈβjaɾ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ejʃ.tɾɐˈvjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /eʃ.tɾɐˈvja.ɾi/

Verb

extraviar (first-person singular present extravio, first-person singular preterite extraviei, past participle extraviado)

1. (reflexive) to go astray, to get lost

   Synonym: perder

2. (transitive) to steal

   Synonyms: roubar, furtar, subtrair

3. (figurative) to mislead

Conjugation

    Conjugation of extraviar (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	extraviar
Personal	extraviar	extraviares	extraviar	extraviarmos	extraviardes	extraviarem
Gerund
	extraviando
Past participle
Masculine	extraviado			extraviados
Feminine	extraviada			extraviadas
Indicative
Present	extravio	extravias	extravia	extraviamos	extraviais	extraviam
Imperfect	extraviava	extraviavas	extraviava	extraviávamos	extraviáveis	extraviavam
Preterite	extraviei	extraviaste	extraviou	extraviamos1, extraviámos2	extraviastes	extraviaram
Pluperfect	extraviara	extraviaras	extraviara	extraviáramos	extraviáreis	extraviaram
Future	extraviarei	extraviarás	extraviará	extraviaremos	extraviareis	extraviarão
Conditional	extraviaria	extraviarias	extraviaria	extraviaríamos	extraviaríeis	extraviariam
Subjunctive
Present	extravie	extravies	extravie	extraviemos	extravieis	extraviem
Imperfect	extraviasse	extraviasses	extraviasse	extraviássemos	extraviásseis	extraviassem
Future	extraviar	extraviares	extraviar	extraviarmos	extraviardes	extraviarem
Imperative
Affirmative		extravia	extravie	extraviemos	extraviai	extraviem
Negative (não)		não extravies	não extravie	não extraviemos	não extravieis	não extraviem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• extravio

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

From extra +‎ vía +‎ -ar. Compare Sicilian straviari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɡstɾaˈbjaɾ/ [eɣ̞s.t̪ɾaˈβ̞jaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ex‧tra‧viar

Verb

extraviar (first-person singular present extravío, first-person singular preterite extravié, past participle extraviado)

1. to mislay
2. to lead astray
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 85:

     [Sirenas] son unos monstruos mitad peces, mitad mujeres, que con sus dulcísimos cantos extravían a los navegantes.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. (reflexive) to go astray, to get lost

Conjugation

    Conjugation of extraviar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			extraviar
gerund			extraviando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		extraviado		extraviada
		plural		extraviados		extraviadas
		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	extravío	extravíastú extraviásvos	extravía	extraviamos	extraviáis	extravían
	imperfect	extraviaba	extraviabas	extraviaba	extraviábamos	extraviabais	extraviaban
	preterite	extravié	extraviaste	extravió	extraviamos	extraviasteis	extraviaron
	future	extraviaré	extraviarás	extraviará	extraviaremos	extraviaréis	extraviarán
	conditional	extraviaría	extraviarías	extraviaría	extraviaríamos	extraviaríais	extraviarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	extravíe	extravíestú extraviésvos2	extravíe	extraviemos	extraviéis	extravíen
	imperfect (ra)	extraviara	extraviaras	extraviara	extraviáramos	extraviarais	extraviaran
	imperfect (se)	extraviase	extraviases	extraviase	extraviásemos	extraviaseis	extraviasen
	future1	extraviare	extraviares	extraviare	extraviáremos	extraviareis	extraviaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		extravíatú extraviávos	extravíe	extraviemos	extraviad	extravíen
	negative		no extravíes	no extravíe	no extraviemos	no extraviéis	no extravíen

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

    Selected combined forms of extraviar (i-í alternation)

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 extraviar	dative	extraviarme	extraviarte	extraviarle, extraviarse	extraviarnos	extraviaros	extraviarles, extraviarse
	accusative	extraviarme	extraviarte	extraviarlo, extraviarla, extraviarse	extraviarnos	extraviaros	extraviarlos, extraviarlas, extraviarse
with gerund extraviando	dative	extraviándome	extraviándote	extraviándole, extraviándose	extraviándonos	extraviándoos	extraviándoles, extraviándose
	accusative	extraviándome	extraviándote	extraviándolo, extraviándola, extraviándose	extraviándonos	extraviándoos	extraviándolos, extraviándolas, extraviándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative extravía	dative	extravíame	extravíate	extravíale	extravíanos	not used	extravíales
	accusative	extravíame	extravíate	extravíalo, extravíala	extravíanos	not used	extravíalos, extravíalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative extraviá	dative	extraviame	extraviate	extraviale	extravianos	not used	extraviales
	accusative	extraviame	extraviate	extravialo, extraviala	extravianos	not used	extravialos, extravialas
with formal second-person singular imperative extravíe	dative	extravíeme	not used	extravíele, extravíese	extravíenos	not used	extravíeles
	accusative	extravíeme	not used	extravíelo, extravíela, extravíese	extravíenos	not used	extravíelos, extravíelas
with first-person plural imperative extraviemos	dative	not used	extraviémoste	extraviémosle	extraviémonos	extraviémoos	extraviémosles
	accusative	not used	extraviémoste	extraviémoslo, extraviémosla	extraviémonos	extraviémoos	extraviémoslos, extraviémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative extraviad	dative	extraviadme	not used	extraviadle	extraviadnos	extraviaos	extraviadles
	accusative	extraviadme	not used	extraviadlo, extraviadla	extraviadnos	extraviaos	extraviadlos, extraviadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative extravíen	dative	extravíenme	not used	extravíenle	extravíennos	not used	extravíenles, extravíense
	accusative	extravíenme	not used	extravíenlo, extravíenla	extravíennos	not used	extravíenlos, extravíenlas, extravíense

Related terms

• extravío

Further reading

• “extraviar”, 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