hervir
Appearance
Spanish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- fervir (obsolete)
- herver (dialectal)
- jervir (Puerto Rico)
- jerver (Caribbean)
- jerber (Dominican Republic)
Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Spanish fervir, from Latin fervēre, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“be hot, boil”). The change in verb class could be by analogy with servir and vivir.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]hervir (first-person singular present hiervo, first-person singular preterite herví, past participle hervido)
Conjugation
[edit] Conjugation of hervir (e-ie-i alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
| infinitive | hervir | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | hirviendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | hervido | hervida | |||||
| plural | hervidos | hervidas | |||||
| 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 | hiervo | hiervestú hervísvos |
hierve | hervimos | hervís | hierven | |
| imperfect | hervía | hervías | hervía | hervíamos | hervíais | hervían | |
| preterite | herví | herviste | hirvió | hervimos | hervisteis | hirvieron | |
| future | herviré | hervirás | hervirá | herviremos | herviréis | hervirán | |
| conditional | herviría | hervirías | herviría | herviríamos | herviríais | hervirían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | hierva | hiervastú hirvásvos2 |
hierva | hirvamos | hirváis | hiervan | |
| imperfect (ra) |
hirviera | hirvieras | hirviera | hirviéramos | hirvierais | hirvieran | |
| imperfect (se) |
hirviese | hirvieses | hirviese | hirviésemos | hirvieseis | hirviesen | |
| future1 | hirviere | hirvieres | hirviere | hirviéremos | hirviereis | hirvieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | hiervetú hervívos |
hierva | hirvamos | hervid | hiervan | ||
| negative | no hiervas | no hierva | no hirvamos | no hirváis | no hiervan | ||
Selected combined forms of hervir (e-ie-i alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “hervir”, 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
Categories:
- Spanish terms inherited from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms derived from Old Spanish
- Spanish terms inherited from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Latin
- Spanish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Spanish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/iɾ
- Rhymes:Spanish/iɾ/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish verbs
- Spanish verbs ending in -ir
- Spanish verbs with e-ie-i alternation
- Spanish terms with collocations
- Spanish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰrewh₁-