reaver

English

Alternative forms

• reiver
• riever (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English revere (also revour, reiver, refar, reavere), from Old English rēafere (“reaver; robber; spoiler”), equivalent to reave +‎ -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Roower, Dutch rover, German Räuber, Swedish rövare, Icelandic raufari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːvə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -iːvə(ɹ)

Noun

reaver (plural reavers)

1. One who reaves; a plunderer, marauder, or pillager.
   • 1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 7:

     nobody knows
     where these reavers from hell roam in their errands.

Synonyms

• (at sea): see Thesaurus:pirate

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• rehaver (pre-standardization spelling)

Etymology

From re- +‎ haver.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁe.aˈve(ʁ)/ [he.aˈve(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁjɐˈveɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁjɐˈveɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁjɐˈbeɾ/ [ʁjɐˈβeɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁjɐˈve.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: re‧a‧ver

Verb

reaver (no stressed present indicative or subjunctive, first-person singular preterite reouve, past participle reavido)

1. to recover, reacquire

   A polícia conseguiu reaver os bens roubados.

   The police was able to recover the stolen goods.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of reaver (irregular; defective) (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	reaver
Personal	reaver	reaveres	reaver	reavermos	reaverdes	reaverem
Gerund
	reavendo
Past participle
Masculine	reavido			reavidos
Feminine	reavida			reavidas
Indicative
Present	—	—	—	reavemos	reaveis	—
Imperfect	reavia	reavias	reavia	reavíamos	reavíeis	reaviam
Preterite	reouve	reouveste	reouve	reouvemos	reouvestes	reouveram
Pluperfect	reouvera	reouveras	reouvera	reouvéramos	reouvéreis	reouveram
Future	reaverei	reaverás	reaverá	reaveremos	reavereis	reaverão
Conditional	reaveria	reaverias	reaveria	reaveríamos	reaveríeis	reaveriam
Subjunctive
Present	—	—	—	—	—	—
Imperfect	reouvesse	reouvesses	reouvesse	reouvéssemos	reouvésseis	reouvessem
Future	reouver	reouveres	reouver	reouvermos	reouverdes	reouverem
Imperative
Affirmative		—	—	—	reavei	—
Negative (não)		—	—	—	—	—

Further reading

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