resolver

See also: résolver and resòlver

English

Etymology

resolve +‎ -er.

Noun

resolver (plural resolvers)

1. One who or that which resolves.

   Courts are resolvers of disputes.

   On the Internet, a DNS resolver maps domain names to IP addresses.

2. A device whose electrical output is proportional to the angular position of an object such as a rotor.

---

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin resolvere, present active infinitive of resolvō as if it were a first group verb. Compare the inherited résoudre.

Verb

resolver

1. (reflexive, se resolver) to resolve oneself; to become resolved
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 156 of this essay:

     Fleume toumente fort car la matiere est moulte visqueuse et pour ce elle se resolve legierement et interpole petit car l’umeur est moult apre et l’est a putrefaction pour cause d’umidité.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of resolver (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		resolver			avoir resolvé
gerund		en resolvant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		resolvant
past participle		resolvé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	resolf	resolves	resolve	resolvons	resolvez	resolvent
	imperfect	resolvoie, resolveie, resolvoe, resolveve	resolvoies, resolveies, resolvoes, resolveves	resolvoit, resolveit, resolvot, resolveve	resolviiens, resolviens	resolviiez, resolviez	resolvoient, resolveient, resolvoent, resolvevent
	preterite	resolvai	resolvas	resolva	resolvames	resolvastes	resolverent
	future	resolverai	resolveras	resolvera	resolverons	resolveroiz, resolvereiz, resolverez	resolveront
	conditional	resolveroie, resolvereie	resolveroies, resolvereies	resolveroit, resolvereit	resolveriiens, resolveriens	resolveriiez, resolveriez	resolveroient, resolvereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	resolf	resols	resolt	resolvons	resolvez	resolvent
	imperfect	resolvasse	resolvasses	resolvast	resolvissons, resolvissiens	resolvissoiz, resolvissez, resolvissiez	resolvassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	resolve	—	resolvons	resolvez	—

---

Portuguese

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin resolvere, present active infinitive of resolvō (“I release”), from re- (“again”) + solvō (“I loosen, I unbind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌʁe.zow.ˈve(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /ˌhe.zow.ˈve(ɻ)/
• IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.zoɫ.ˈveɾ/
• Hyphenation: re‧sol‧ver

Verb

1. (transitive) to solve (to find an answer or solution)

   Você conseguiu resolver o problema?

   Could you solve the problem?

2. Template:indtr to decide to do something

   Resolvi-me a ir embora. ― I decided to leave.

   Resolvi ir embora. ― I decided to leave.

3. (transitive) to dissolve; to dissipate
4. (transitive) to annul (to formally revoke the validity of)
5. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to fade away
6. Template:indtr to consist

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:resolver.

Synonyms

• (to solve): decifrar, solucionar, solver
• (to decide): decidir, deliberar, determinar, escolher
• (to dissipate): desfazer, dissipar, dissolver, solver
• (to annul): abolir, anular, desfazer, invalidar

Related terms

• resolubilidade
• resolução
• resolutamente
• resoluteza
• resolutivo

• resoluto
• resolutor
• resolutório
• resolúvel

• resolvedor
• resolvido
• resolvimento
• resolvível

---

Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin resolvere, present active infinitive of resolvō. Cognate with English resolve.

Verb

1. to resolve, to sort out, to settle, to address, to tackle, to overcome, to iron out
2. to solve, to figure out, to work out, to crack
3. to decide
4. to meet (e.g. demands, needs, requirements)

Derived terms

• resolver el caso (“to crack the case”)