variar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin variāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [bə.ɾiˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [və.ɾiˈa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [va.ɾiˈaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ba.ɾiˈa]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

variar (first-person singular present vario, first-person singular preterite varií, past participle variat)

1. (ambitransitive) to vary

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of variar (first conjugation)

infinitive			variar
gerund			variant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		variat		variada
		plural		variats		variades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	vario	varies	varia	variem	varieu	varien
	imperfect	variava	variaves	variava	variàvem	variàveu	variaven
	future	variaré	variaràs	variarà	variarem	variareu	variaran
	preterite	varií	variares	varià	variàrem	variàreu	variaren
	conditional	variaria	variaries	variaria	variaríem	variaríeu	variarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	variï	variïs	variï	variem	varieu	variïn
	imperfect	variés	variessis	variés	variéssim	variéssiu	variessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	varia	variï	variem	varieu	variïn
	negative (no)	—	no variïs	no variï	no variem	no varieu	no variïn

Synonyms

• (to cause to vary): modificar, diversificar
• (to vary): modificar-se

Related terms

• variable
• variació
• variància
• variant
• variat

Further reading

• “variar”, 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

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin variāre, variō.

Verb

variar (first-person singular present varío, first-person singular preterite variei, past participle variado)
variar (first-person singular present vario, first-person singular preterite variei, past participle variado, reintegrationist norm)

1. to vary

Conjugation

    Conjugation of variar (i becomes í when stressed)

	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	variar
Personal	variar	variares	variar	variarmos	variardes	variaren
Gerund
	variando
Past participle
Masculine	variado			variados
Feminine	variada			variadas
Indicative
Present	varío	varías	varía	variamos	variades	varían
Imperfect	variaba	variabas	variaba	variabamos	variabades	variaban
Preterite	variei	variaches	variou	variamos	variastes	variaron
Pluperfect	variara	variaras	variara	variaramos	variarades	variaran
Future	variarei	variarás	variará	variaremos	variaredes	variarán
Conditional	variaría	variarías	variaría	variariamos	variariades	variarían
Subjunctive
Present	varíe	varíes	varíe	variemos	variedes	varíen
Imperfect	variase	variases	variase	variásemos	variásedes	variasen
Future	variar	variares	variar	variarmos	variardes	variaren
Imperative
Affirmative		varía	varíe	variemos	variade	varíen
Negative (non)		non varíes	non varíe	non variemos	non variedes	non varíen

    Reintegrated conjugation of variar (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	variar
Personal	variar	variares	variar	variarmos	variardes	variarem
Gerund
	variando
Past participle
Masculine	variado			variados
Feminine	variada			variadas
Indicative
Present	vario	varias	varia	variamos	variades, variais	variam
Imperfect	variava	variavas	variava	variávamos	variávades, variáveis, variávais1	variavam
Preterite	variei	variaste, variache1	variou	variamos	variastes	variárom, variaram
Pluperfect	variara	variaras	variara	variáramos	variárades, variáreis, variárais1	variaram
Future	variarei	variarás	variará	variaremos	variaredes, variareis	variarám, variarão
Conditional	variaria	variarias	variaria	variaríamos	variaríades, variaríeis, variaríais1	variariam
Subjunctive
Present	varie	varies	varie	variemos	variedes, varieis	variem
Imperfect	variasse	variasses	variasse	variássemos	variássedes, variásseis	variassem
Future	variar	variares	variar	variarmos	variardes	variarem
Imperative
Affirmative		varia	varie	variemos	variade, variai	variem
Negative (nom)		nom varies	nom varie	nom variemos	nom variedes, nom varieis	nom variem

¹Less recommended.

Related terms

• variación

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin variāre (“to vary”), from varius (“various; different”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.ɾiˈa(ʁ)/ [va.ɾiˈa(h)], (faster) /vaˈɾja(ʁ)/ [vaˈɾja(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.ɾiˈa(ʁ)/ [va.ɾiˈa(h)], (faster) /vaˈɾja(ʁ)/ [vaˈɾja(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /va.ɾiˈa(ɾ)/, (faster) /vaˈɾja(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /va.ɾiˈa(ʁ)/ [va.ɾiˈa(χ)], (faster) /vaˈɾja(ʁ)/ [vaˈɾja(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /va.ɾiˈa(ɻ)/, (faster) /vaˈɾja(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈɾjaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈɾjaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐˈɾjaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐˈɾja.ɾi/

• Homophone: varear (Portugal)
• Hyphenation: va‧ri‧ar

Verb

variar (first-person singular present vario, first-person singular preterite variei, past participle variado)

1. to vary (to change with time or a similar parameter)
2. to vary (to institute a change in)

   Synonyms: alterar, modificar, mudar

3. (grammar) to inflect (to vary the form of a word)

   Synonym: flexionar-se

Conjugation

    Conjugation of variar (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	variar
Personal	variar	variares	variar	variarmos	variardes	variarem
Gerund
	variando
Past participle
Masculine	variado			variados
Feminine	variada			variadas
Indicative
Present	vario	varias	varia	variamos	variais	variam
Imperfect	variava	variavas	variava	variávamos	variáveis	variavam
Preterite	variei	variaste	variou	variamos1, variámos2	variastes	variaram
Pluperfect	variara	variaras	variara	variáramos	variáreis	variaram
Future	variarei	variarás	variará	variaremos	variareis	variarão
Conditional	variaria	variarias	variaria	variaríamos	variaríeis	variariam
Subjunctive
Present	varie	varies	varie	variemos	varieis	variem
Imperfect	variasse	variasses	variasse	variássemos	variásseis	variassem
Future	variar	variares	variar	variarmos	variardes	variarem
Imperative
Affirmative		varia	varie	variemos	variai	variem
Negative (não)		não varies	não varie	não variemos	não varieis	não variem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Synonyms

• (to change): alterar, modificar(-se), mudar, mutar

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “to change”): manter-se

Derived terms

• variável

Related terms

• variabilidade
• variação
• variadamente
• variado
• variador
• variagem
• variamente
• variância
• variante
• variavelmente
• variedade
• vário
• vários

Further reading

• “variar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “variar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “variar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “variar”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “variar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “variar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin variāre, variō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈɾjaɾ/ [baˈɾjaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: va‧riar

Verb

variar (first-person singular present varío, first-person singular preterite varié, past participle variado)

1. to alter, vary, change

Conjugation

    Conjugation of variar (i-í alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			variar
gerund			variando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		variado		variada
		plural		variados		variadas
		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	varío	varíastú variásvos	varía	variamos	variáis	varían
	imperfect	variaba	variabas	variaba	variábamos	variabais	variaban
	preterite	varié	variaste	varió	variamos	variasteis	variaron
	future	variaré	variarás	variará	variaremos	variaréis	variarán
	conditional	variaría	variarías	variaría	variaríamos	variaríais	variarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	varíe	varíestú variésvos2	varíe	variemos	variéis	varíen
	imperfect (ra)	variara	variaras	variara	variáramos	variarais	variaran
	imperfect (se)	variase	variases	variase	variásemos	variaseis	variasen
	future1	variare	variares	variare	variáremos	variareis	variaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		varíatú variávos	varíe	variemos	variad	varíen
	negative		no varíes	no varíe	no variemos	no variéis	no varíen

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

    Selected combined forms of variar (i-í alternation)

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 variar	dative	variarme	variarte	variarle, variarse	variarnos	variaros	variarles, variarse
	accusative	variarme	variarte	variarlo, variarla, variarse	variarnos	variaros	variarlos, variarlas, variarse
with gerund variando	dative	variándome	variándote	variándole, variándose	variándonos	variándoos	variándoles, variándose
	accusative	variándome	variándote	variándolo, variándola, variándose	variándonos	variándoos	variándolos, variándolas, variándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative varía	dative	varíame	varíate	varíale	varíanos	not used	varíales
	accusative	varíame	varíate	varíalo, varíala	varíanos	not used	varíalos, varíalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative variá	dative	variame	variate	variale	varianos	not used	variales
	accusative	variame	variate	varialo, variala	varianos	not used	varialos, varialas
with formal second-person singular imperative varíe	dative	varíeme	not used	varíele, varíese	varíenos	not used	varíeles
	accusative	varíeme	not used	varíelo, varíela, varíese	varíenos	not used	varíelos, varíelas
with first-person plural imperative variemos	dative	not used	variémoste	variémosle	variémonos	variémoos	variémosles
	accusative	not used	variémoste	variémoslo, variémosla	variémonos	variémoos	variémoslos, variémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative variad	dative	variadme	not used	variadle	variadnos	variaos	variadles
	accusative	variadme	not used	variadlo, variadla	variadnos	variaos	variadlos, variadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative varíen	dative	varíenme	not used	varíenle	varíennos	not used	varíenles, varíense
	accusative	varíenme	not used	varíenlo, varíenla	varíennos	not used	varíenlos, varíenlas, varíense

Related terms

• vario

Further reading

• “variar”, 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