revelar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin revēlāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [rə.βəˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rə.vəˈla]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.veˈlaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [re.βeˈla]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

revelar (first-person singular present revelo, first-person singular preterite revelí, past participle revelat); root stress: (Northern) /e̞/; (Balearic) /ə/; (Central) /ɛ/; (Northwestern, Valencia) /e/(transitive)

1. to reveal
2. to develop (to bring out images latent in photographic film)

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of revelar (first conjugation)

infinitive			revelar
gerund			revelant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		revelat		revelada
		plural		revelats		revelades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	revelo	reveles	revela	revelem	reveleu	revelen
	imperfect	revelava	revelaves	revelava	revelàvem	revelàveu	revelaven
	future	revelaré	revelaràs	revelarà	revelarem	revelareu	revelaran
	preterite	revelí	revelares	revelà	revelàrem	revelàreu	revelaren
	conditional	revelaria	revelaries	revelaria	revelaríem	revelaríeu	revelarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	reveli	revelis	reveli	revelem	reveleu	revelin
	imperfect	revelés	revelessis	revelés	reveléssim	reveléssiu	revelessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	revela	reveli	revelem	reveleu	revelin
	negative (no)	—	no revelis	no reveli	no revelem	no reveleu	no revelin

Related terms

• revelació
• revelador
• vel
• velar

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin revēlāre.

Pronunciation

 

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

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.vɨˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.vɨˈlaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.bɨˈlaɾ/ [ʁɨ.βɨˈlaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.vɨˈla.ɾi/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: re‧ve‧lar

Verb

revelar (first-person singular present revelo, first-person singular preterite revelei, past participle revelado)

1. to reveal, disclose
2. to develop (to bring out images latent in photographic film)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of revelar (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	revelar
Personal	revelar	revelares	revelar	revelarmos	revelardes	revelarem
Gerund
	revelando
Past participle
Masculine	revelado			revelados
Feminine	revelada			reveladas
Indicative
Present	revelo	revelas	revela	revelamos	revelais	revelam
Imperfect	revelava	revelavas	revelava	revelávamos	reveláveis	revelavam
Preterite	revelei	revelaste	revelou	revelamos1, revelámos2	revelastes	revelaram
Pluperfect	revelara	revelaras	revelara	reveláramos	reveláreis	revelaram
Future	revelarei	revelarás	revelará	revelaremos	revelareis	revelarão
Conditional	revelaria	revelarias	revelaria	revelaríamos	revelaríeis	revelariam
Subjunctive
Present	revele	reveles	revele	revelemos	reveleis	revelem
Imperfect	revelasse	revelasses	revelasse	revelássemos	revelásseis	revelassem
Future	revelar	revelares	revelar	revelarmos	revelardes	revelarem
Imperative
Affirmative		revela	revele	revelemos	revelai	revelem
Negative (não)		não reveles	não revele	não revelemos	não reveleis	não revelem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• revelação
• revelador

Further reading

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

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin revēlāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rebeˈlaɾ/ [re.β̞eˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: re‧ve‧lar
• Homophone: rebelar

Verb

revelar (first-person singular present revelo, first-person singular preterite revelé, past participle revelado)

1. to reveal

   Synonym: desvelar

2. to develop (to bring out images latent in photographic film)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of revelar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			revelar
gerund			revelando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		revelado		revelada
		plural		revelados		reveladas
		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	revelo	revelastú revelásvos	revela	revelamos	reveláis	revelan
	imperfect	revelaba	revelabas	revelaba	revelábamos	revelabais	revelaban
	preterite	revelé	revelaste	reveló	revelamos	revelasteis	revelaron
	future	revelaré	revelarás	revelará	revelaremos	revelaréis	revelarán
	conditional	revelaría	revelarías	revelaría	revelaríamos	revelaríais	revelarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	revele	revelestú revelésvos2	revele	revelemos	reveléis	revelen
	imperfect (ra)	revelara	revelaras	revelara	reveláramos	revelarais	revelaran
	imperfect (se)	revelase	revelases	revelase	revelásemos	revelaseis	revelasen
	future1	revelare	revelares	revelare	reveláremos	revelareis	revelaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		revelatú revelávos	revele	revelemos	revelad	revelen
	negative		no reveles	no revele	no revelemos	no reveléis	no revelen

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

    Selected combined forms of revelar

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 revelar	dative	revelarme	revelarte	revelarle, revelarse	revelarnos	revelaros	revelarles, revelarse
	accusative	revelarme	revelarte	revelarlo, revelarla, revelarse	revelarnos	revelaros	revelarlos, revelarlas, revelarse
with gerund revelando	dative	revelándome	revelándote	revelándole, revelándose	revelándonos	revelándoos	revelándoles, revelándose
	accusative	revelándome	revelándote	revelándolo, revelándola, revelándose	revelándonos	revelándoos	revelándolos, revelándolas, revelándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative revela	dative	revélame	revélate	revélale	revélanos	not used	revélales
	accusative	revélame	revélate	revélalo, revélala	revélanos	not used	revélalos, revélalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative revelá	dative	revelame	revelate	revelale	revelanos	not used	revelales
	accusative	revelame	revelate	revelalo, revelala	revelanos	not used	revelalos, revelalas
with formal second-person singular imperative revele	dative	revéleme	not used	revélele, revélese	revélenos	not used	revéleles
	accusative	revéleme	not used	revélelo, revélela, revélese	revélenos	not used	revélelos, revélelas
with first-person plural imperative revelemos	dative	not used	revelémoste	revelémosle	revelémonos	revelémoos	revelémosles
	accusative	not used	revelémoste	revelémoslo, revelémosla	revelémonos	revelémoos	revelémoslos, revelémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative revelad	dative	reveladme	not used	reveladle	reveladnos	revelaos	reveladles
	accusative	reveladme	not used	reveladlo, reveladla	reveladnos	revelaos	reveladlos, reveladlas
with formal second-person plural imperative revelen	dative	revélenme	not used	revélenle	revélennos	not used	revélenles, revélense
	accusative	revélenme	not used	revélenlo, revélenla	revélennos	not used	revélenlos, revélenlas, revélense

Derived terms

• revelamiento

Related terms

• revelación
• revelador

See also

• propalar

References

• Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José Antonio (1983), “velo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic etymological dictionary]‎^[1] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 761

Further reading

• “revelar”, 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