debelar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēbellāre.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.beˈla(ʁ)/ [de.beˈla(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /de.beˈla(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /de.beˈla(ʁ)/ [de.beˈla(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /de.beˈla(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.bɨˈlaɾ/ [dɨ.βɨˈlaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.bɨˈla.ɾi/ [dɨ.βɨˈla.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: de‧be‧lar

Verb

debelar (first-person singular present debelo, first-person singular preterite debelei, past participle debelado)

  1. (transitive, military) to win, to conquer
    Synonyms: vencer, derrotar
    Antonym: perder
  2. (transitive, medicine) to neutralize/neutralise, to stop the effects of (e.g. a disease)
    Synonyms: neutralizar, refrear, reprimir
  3. (transitive, by extension) to stop or prevent
    Synonyms: prevenir, impedir, parar, aplacar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of debelar (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 debelar
Personal debelar debelares debelar debelarmos debelardes debelarem
Gerund
debelando
Past participle
Masculine debelado debelados
Feminine debelada debeladas
Indicative
Present debelo debelas debela debelamos debelais debelam
Imperfect debelava debelavas debelava debelávamos debeláveis debelavam
Preterite debelei debelaste debelou debelamos1, debelámos2 debelastes debelaram
Pluperfect debelara debelaras debelara debeláramos debeláreis debelaram
Future debelarei debelarás debelará debelaremos debelareis debelarão
Conditional debelaria debelarias debelaria debelaríamos debelaríeis debelariam
Subjunctive
Present debele debeles debele debelemos debeleis debelem
Imperfect debelasse debelasses debelasse debelássemos debelásseis debelassem
Future debelar debelares debelar debelarmos debelardes debelarem
Imperative
Affirmative debela debele debelemos debelai debelem
Negative (não) não debeles não debele não debelemos não debeleis não debelem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

  • debelação, debelatório

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēbellāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /debeˈlaɾ/ [d̪e.β̞eˈlaɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: de‧be‧lar

Verb

debelar (first-person singular present debelo, first-person singular preterite debelé, past participle debelado)

  1. (transitive) to conquer
    Synonym: conquistar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of debelar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive debelar
gerund debelando
past participle masculine feminine
singular debelado debelada
plural debelados debeladas
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 debelo debelastú
debelásvos 		debela debelamos debeláis debelan
imperfect debelaba debelabas debelaba debelábamos debelabais debelaban
preterite debelé debelaste debeló debelamos debelasteis debelaron
future debelaré debelarás debelará debelaremos debelaréis debelarán
conditional debelaría debelarías debelaría debelaríamos debelaríais debelarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present debele debelestú
debelésvos2 		debele debelemos debeléis debelen
imperfect
(ra) 		debelara debelaras debelara debeláramos debelarais debelaran
imperfect
(se) 		debelase debelases debelase debelásemos debelaseis debelasen
future1 debelare debelares debelare debeláremos debelareis debelaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative debelatú
debelávos 		debele debelemos debelad debelen
negative no debeles no debele no debelemos no debeléis no debelen

1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

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