nevar

See also: Nevar and ñevar

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• nievar

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *nevāre, ultimately from Latin nivem (“snow”, noun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neˈba(ɾ)/
• Syllabification: ne‧var
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

nevar

1. to snow

References

• “nevar”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ñevar

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *nevāre, ultimately from Latin nivem (“snow”, noun).

Verb

nevar

1. to snow

Related terms

• nevicar
• nieve

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *nevāre, ultimately from Latin nivem (“snow”, noun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [nəˈβa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [nəˈva]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [neˈvaɾ]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

Verb

nevar (first-person singular present nevo, first-person singular preterite neví, past participle nevat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. (impersonal) to snow

   En Toronto sempre neva en hivern. ― It always snows in Toronto in the winter.

Conjugation

Forms other than the third person are rarely used except in a poetic sense.

    Conjugation of nevar (first conjugation)

infinitive			nevar
gerund			nevant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		nevat		nevada
		plural		nevats		nevades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	nevo	neves	neva	nevem	neveu	neven
	imperfect	nevava	nevaves	nevava	nevàvem	nevàveu	nevaven
	future	nevaré	nevaràs	nevarà	nevarem	nevareu	nevaran
	preterite	neví	nevares	nevà	nevàrem	nevàreu	nevaren
	conditional	nevaria	nevaries	nevaria	nevaríem	nevaríeu	nevarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	nevi	nevis	nevi	nevem	neveu	nevin
	imperfect	nevés	nevessis	nevés	nevéssim	nevéssiu	nevessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	neva	nevi	nevem	neveu	nevin
	negative (no)	—	no nevis	no nevi	no nevem	no neveu	no nevin

Related terms

• neu

Further reading

• “nevar”, 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
• “nevar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “nevar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “nevar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs

Proto-Italic *sniks

Latin nix

Vulgar Latin *nevem

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Vulgar Latin -āre

Vulgar Latin *nevāre

Old Galician-Portuguese nevar

Galician nevar

From Old Galician-Portuguese nevar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *nevāre, ultimately from Latin nivem (“snow”, noun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neˈbaɾ/ [neˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

nevar (first-person singular present nevo, first-person singular preterite nevei, past participle nevado)

1. to snow

Conjugation

    Conjugation of nevar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	nevar
Personal	nevar	nevares	nevar	nevarmos	nevardes	nevaren
Gerund
	nevando
Past participle
Masculine	nevado			nevados
Feminine	nevada			nevadas
Indicative
Present	nevo	nevas	neva	nevamos	nevades	nevan
Imperfect	nevaba	nevabas	nevaba	nevabamos	nevabades	nevaban
Preterite	nevei	nevaches	nevou	nevamos	nevastes	nevaron
Pluperfect	nevara	nevaras	nevara	nevaramos	nevarades	nevaran
Future	nevarei	nevarás	nevará	nevaremos	nevaredes	nevarán
Conditional	nevaría	nevarías	nevaría	nevariamos	nevariades	nevarían
Subjunctive
Present	neve	neves	neve	nevemos	nevedes	neven
Imperfect	nevase	nevases	nevase	nevásemos	nevásedes	nevasen
Future	nevar	nevares	nevar	nevarmos	nevardes	nevaren
Imperative
Affirmative		neva	neve	nevemos	nevade	neven
Negative (non)		non neves	non neve	non nevemos	non nevedes	non neven

    Reintegrated conjugation of nevar (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti / tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	nevar
Personal	nevar	nevares	nevar	nevarmos	nevardes	nevarem
Gerund
	nevando
Past participle
Masculine	nevado			nevados
Feminine	nevada			nevadas
Indicative
Present	nevo	nevas	neva	nevamos	nevades, nevais	nevam
Imperfect	nevava	nevavas	nevava	nevávamos	nevávades, neváveis, nevávais1	nevavam
Preterite	nevei	nevaste, nevache1	nevou	nevamos	nevastes	nevárom, nevaram
Pluperfect	nevara	nevaras	nevara	neváramos	nevárades, neváreis, nevárais1	nevaram
Future	nevarei	nevarás	nevará	nevaremos	nevaredes, nevareis	nevarám, nevarão
Conditional	nevaria	nevarias	nevaria	nevaríamos	nevaríades, nevaríeis, nevaríais1	nevariam
Subjunctive
Present	neve	neves	neve	nevemos	nevedes, neveis	nevem
Imperfect	nevasse	nevasses	nevasse	nevássemos	nevássedes, nevásseis	nevassem
Future	nevar	nevares	nevar	nevarmos	nevardes	nevarem
Imperative
Affirmative		neva	neve	nevemos	nevade, nevai	nevem
Negative (nom)		nom neves	nom neve	nom nevemos	nom nevedes, nom neveis	nom nevem

¹Less recommended.

Derived terms

• nevada

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nevar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “nevar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nevar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “nevar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nevar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “nevar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Latvian

Verb

nevar

1. third-person singular/plural present indicative of nevarēt
2. (with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of nevarēt
3. (with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of nevarēt

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

nevar m

1. indefinite plural of neve

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan nevar, from Vulgar Latin *nevāre, ultimately from Latin nivem (“snow”, noun).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /neˈβa/

Verb

nevar

1. to snow

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		nevar			aver nevat
gerund		nevant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		nevat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	nevi	nevas	neva	nevam	nevatz	nevan
	imperfect	nevavi	nevavas	nevava	nevàvem	nevàvetz	nevavan
	preterite	nevèri	nevères	nevèt	nevèrem	nevèretz	nevèron
	future	nevarai	nevaràs	nevarà	nevarem	nevaretz	nevaràn
	conditional	nevariái	nevariás	nevariá	nevariam	nevariatz	nevarián
	conditional 2nd form1	nevèra	nevèras	nevèra	neveram	neveratz	nevèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	neve	neves	neve	nevem	nevetz	neven
	imperfect	nevèssi	nevèsses	nevèsse	nevèssem	nevèssetz	nevèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			neva		nevem	nevatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		nevar			aver nevat
gerund		nevant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		nevat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	neve	neves	neva	nevam	nevatz	nevon
	imperfect	nevave	nevaves	nevava	nevaviam	nevaviatz	nevavon
	preterite	nevere	neveres	nevet	nevem	nevetz	neveron
	future	nevarai	nevaràs	nevará	nevarem	nevaretz	nevarán
	conditional	nevariá	nevariás	nevariá	nevariam	nevariatz	nevarián
	conditional 2nd form1	nevèra	nevèras	nevèra	neveram	neveratz	nevèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	neve	neves	neve	nevassiam	nevassiatz	nevon
	imperfect	nevesse	nevesses	nevesse	nevessiam	nevessiatz	nevesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			neva		nevassiam	nevatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		nevar			aver nevat
gerund		nevant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		nevat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	nevi	nevas	neva	nevam	nevatz	nevan
	imperfect	nevavi	nevavas	nevava	nevàvam	nevàvatz	nevavan
	preterite	nevèi	nevès	nevè	nevèm	nevètz	nevèn
	future	nevarèi	nevaràs	nevarà	nevaram	nevaratz	nevaràn
	conditional	nevarí	nevarés	nevaré	nevarem	nevaretz	nevarén
	conditional 2nd form1	nevèra	nevèras	nevèra	neveram	neveratz	nevèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	nevi	neves	neve	nevem	nevetz	neven
	imperfect	nevèssi	nevèsses	nevèsse	nevèssem	nevèssetz	nevèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			neva		nevem	nevatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		nevar			aver nevat
gerund		nevant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		nevat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	neve	nevas	neva	nevam	nevatz	nevan
	imperfect	nevava	nevavas	nevava	nevàvam	nevàvatz	nevavan
	preterite	nevei	neveras	nevet	nevèram	nevèratz	neveran
	future	nevarai	nevaràs	nevará	nevarem	nevaretz	nevarán
	conditional	nevariá	nevariàs	nevariá	nevariam	nevariatz	nevarián
	conditional 2nd form1	nevèra	nevèras	nevèra	neveram	neveratz	nevèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	neve	neves	neve	nevem	nevetz	neven
	imperfect	nevèsse	nevèsses	nevèsse	nevèssem	nevèssetz	nevèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			neva		nevem	nevatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		nevar			aver nevat
gerund		nevant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		nevat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	neve	neves	neva	nevam	nevatz	nevan
	imperfect	nevavi	nevavas	nevava	nevàvem	nevàvetz	nevavan
	preterite	nevère	nevères	nevèt	neveriam	neveriatz	nevèron
	future	nevarai	nevaràs	nevarà	nevarem	nevaretz	nevaràn
	conditional	nevariáu	nevariás	nevariá	nevariam	nevariatz	nevarián
	conditional 2nd form1	nevèra	nevèras	nevèra	neveram	neveratz	nevèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	neve	neves	neve	nevem	nevetz	nevan
	imperfect	nevèsse	nevèsses	nevèsse	nevessiam	nevessiatz	nevèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			neva		nevem	nevatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• nèu
• aiganèu
• nevós

Derived terms

• desnevar
• ennevar
• nevada
• nevadís
• nevalha
• nevalhar
• nevarrada
• nevassada
• nevassar
• nevejar
• neveta

Dialectal variants

• neviar (Limousin)

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs

Proto-Italic *sniks

Latin nix

Vulgar Latin *nevem

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Vulgar Latin -āre

Vulgar Latin *nevāre

Old Galician-Portuguese nevar

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *nevāre, ultimately from Latin nivem (“snow”, noun). By surface analysis, neve (“snow”) +‎ -ar.

Cognate with Old Spanish nevar.

Verb

nevar

1. (intransitive, impersonal) to snow (to have snow fall from the sky)
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 309 (facsimile):

     Quand aq̃ſte feito ſoube / o poboo dos Romãos / ueẽron aaq̃uel logo / muit a guiſa de criſchãꝰ / os uũs dando diẽiros / outroſ metend y aſ mãos / ⁊ deitaron oſ cimentos / ben per u neuou deꝰ p̃dꝛe

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 1373 January 20, Fernán Martís, “Et Agora leixa o Conto a falaꝛ deſto poꝛ cõtaꝛ da ſeſta batalla [Now the tale stops talking about that to tell about the sixth battle]” (chapter 180), in Cronica Troiana [Trojan Chronicle], Kingdom of Galicia, translation of Roman de Troie by Benoît de Sainte-Maure (in Old French), →OCLC, manuscript MSS/10233, page 77v:

     En outͦ dia demanãa começou odia eſcuro ⁊ ventoſo ⁊ neuaua. Po des q̃ oſſol ſe foy leuãtando foyſſe tirãdo a neue. ⁊ fezo otp̃o moy claro ⁊ moy bõo.

     On another day, in the morning, the day began dark, windy and it snowed. But, as the sun rose, the snow went away and the weather got very clean and good.

   • 1453, Gomes Eanes de Zurara, chapter LXI, in Cronica dos feitos notavees que se passarom na conquista de Guinee; republished as Torquato de Souza Soares, editor, volume I, Lisbon: Academia Portuguesa de História, 1978, page 233:

     E conta que foe achado per homeẽs daquella iterxa que o sguardarom e acharom por cousa prouada / que piella guisa que neua e choue em terra de mauritanya onde esta aquella fonte que per essa meesma guisa crece ou mingua o nillo

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of nevar

infinitive				nevar
gerund		simple		nevando
		compound		gerund of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
past participle				singular		plural
		masculine		nevado		nevados
		feminine		nevada		nevadas
present participle				nevante		nevantes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	nevo	nevas	neva	nevamos	nevades, nevaes, nevais, nevaas, nevás	nevan
	imperfect	nevava	nevavas	nevava	nevavamos, nevávamos	nevavades, nevávades, nevávaes, nevávais, nevávees, neváveis	nevavan
	preterite	nevei	nevaste, nevasche, nevache	nevou	nevamos	nevastes	nevaron
	pluperfect	nevara	nevaras	nevara	nevaramos, neváramos	nevarades, nevárades, neváraes, nevárais, nevárees, neváreis	nevaran
	future	nevarei	nevarás	nevará	nevaremos	nevaredes, nevarees, nevareis, nevarês	nevarán
	conditional	nevaria	nevarias	nevaria	nevariamos, nevaríamos	nevariades, nevaríades, nevaríaes, nevaríais, nevaríees, nevaríeis	nevarian
compound tenses	present perfect	present of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	past anterior	preterite of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect anterior	simple pluperfect of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
subjunctive mood		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
simple tenses	present	neve	neves	neve	nevemos	nevedes, nevees, neveis, nevês	neven
	imperfect	nevasse	nevasses	nevasse	nevassemos, nevássemos	nevassedes, nevássedes, nevássees, nevásseis	nevassen
	future	nevar	nevares	nevar	nevarmos	nevardes	nevaren
compound tenses	present perfect	present subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
	future perfect	future subjunctive of haver or tẽer1 + past participle
imperative mood		—	tu	—	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	—
affirmative		—	neva	—	nevemos	nevade, nevae, nevai	—
negative		—	non neves	—	non nevemos	non nevedes, non nevees, non neveis, non nevês	—
personal infinitive		eu ei	tu	el~ele ela	nos nos outros nos outras	vos vos outros vos outras	eles elas
		nevar	nevares	nevar	nevarmos	nevardes	nevaren
1 Haver is more common than tẽer.

Descendants

• Fala: neval
• Galician: nevar
• Portuguese: nevar

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “nevar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “nevar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “nevar”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *nevāre, ultimately from Latin nivem (“snow”, noun). First attested in Alfonso X's General Estoria (see quotation).

Verb

nevar

1. (intransitive, impersonal) to snow
   • ca. 1275, Alfonso X, General Estoria Primera parte, (ed. by Pedro Sánchez Pietro-Borja, 2002, Alcalá de Henares: Universidad de Alcalá de Henares):

     E cuenta otrossí que los omnes d'aquella tierra que lo catan fallan por cosa provada que de la manera que nieva e llueve en tierra de Mauritaña ó es aquella fuent que d'essa guisa crece o mingua el Nilo.

     And he says, moreover, that men of that land observe, and find it proven, that depending on how it snows or rains in Mauritania, where that source is found, thus the Nile increases or decreases.

Descendants

• Ladino: inyevar
• Spanish: nevar

References

• Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946), “nevar”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 357

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sneygʷʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *snígʷʰs

Proto-Italic *sniks

Latin nix

Vulgar Latin *nevem

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Vulgar Latin -āre

Vulgar Latin *nevāre

Old Galician-Portuguese nevar

Portuguese nevar

From Old Galician-Portuguese nevar, from Vulgar Latin *nevāre, ultimately from Latin nivem (“snow”, noun). By surface analysis, neve (“snow”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /neˈva(ʁ)/ [neˈva(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨˈvaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨˈvaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨˈbaɾ/ [nɨˈβaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /nɨˈva.ɾi/

• (Portugal, natural speech) IPA^(key): [nˈvaɾ]

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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Verb

nevar (impersonal, third-person singular present neva, third-person singular preterite nevou, past participle nevado)

1. (impersonal) to snow (to have snow fall from the sky)

   Synonym: (Northern Portugal) folecar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of nevar (impersonal) (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	nevar
Personal	—	—	nevar	—	—	—
Gerund
	nevando
Past participle
Masculine	nevado			—
Feminine	—			—
Indicative
Present	—	—	neva	—	—	—
Imperfect	—	—	nevava	—	—	—
Preterite	—	—	nevou	—	—	—
Pluperfect	—	—	nevara	—	—	—
Future	—	—	nevará	—	—	—
Conditional	—	—	nevaria	—	—	—
Subjunctive
Present	—	—	neve	—	—	—
Imperfect	—	—	nevasse	—	—	—
Future	—	—	nevar	—	—	—
Imperative
Affirmative		—	—	—	—	—
Negative (não)		—	—	—	—	—

Related terms

• nevado
• nevasca
• neve
• neviscar

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish nevar, from Vulgar Latin *nevāre, ultimately from Latin nivem (“snow”, noun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neˈbaɾ/ [neˈβ̞aɾ]

• Audio (Colombia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ne‧var

Verb

nevar (first-person singular present nievo, first-person singular preterite nevé, past participle nevado)

1. (intransitive, impersonal) to snow
2. (transitive) to whiten, add white colour to something

Conjugation

    Conjugation of nevar (e-ie alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			nevar
gerund			nevando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		nevado		nevada
		plural		nevados		nevadas
		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	nievo	nievastú nevásvos	nieva	nevamos	neváis	nievan
	imperfect	nevaba	nevabas	nevaba	nevábamos	nevabais	nevaban
	preterite	nevé	nevaste	nevó	nevamos	nevasteis	nevaron
	future	nevaré	nevarás	nevará	nevaremos	nevaréis	nevarán
	conditional	nevaría	nevarías	nevaría	nevaríamos	nevaríais	nevarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	nieve	nievestú nevésvos2	nieve	nevemos	nevéis	nieven
	imperfect (ra)	nevara	nevaras	nevara	neváramos	nevarais	nevaran
	imperfect (se)	nevase	nevases	nevase	nevásemos	nevaseis	nevasen
	future1	nevare	nevares	nevare	neváremos	nevareis	nevaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		nievatú nevávos	nieve	nevemos	nevad	nieven
	negative		no nieves	no nieve	no nevemos	no nevéis	no nieven

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

Related terms

• neviscar
• nieve

Further reading

• “nevar”, 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