despovoar

Portuguese

Etymology

From des- (“un-, dis-”) +‎ povoar (“populate”).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /des.po.voˈa(ʁ)/ [des.po.voˈa(h)]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /des.po.voˈa(ɾ)/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /deʃ.po.voˈa(ʁ)/ [deʃ.po.voˈa(χ)]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /des.po.voˈa(ɻ)/
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.puˈvwaɾ/
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.puˈbwaɾ/ [dɨʃ.puˈβwaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨʃ.puˈvwa.ɾi/

Verb

despovoar (first-person singular present despovoo, first-person singular preterite despovoei, past participle despovoado)

  1. to unpopulate, depopulate; to fully or partially rid a place of people
    Synonyms: depopular, devastar
  2. (figurative, by extension) to empty, to remove what occupies a given space
    Synonyms: tirar, desornar, desguarnecer

Conjugation

    Conjugation of despovoar (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 despovoar
Personal despovoar despovoares despovoar despovoarmos despovoardes despovoarem
Gerund
despovoando
Past participle
Masculine despovoado despovoados
Feminine despovoada despovoadas
Indicative
Present despovoo, despovôo1,2 despovoas despovoa despovoamos despovoais despovoam
Imperfect despovoava despovoavas despovoava despovoávamos despovoáveis despovoavam
Preterite despovoei despovoaste despovoou despovoamos1, despovoámos3 despovoastes despovoaram
Pluperfect despovoara despovoaras despovoara despovoáramos despovoáreis despovoaram
Future despovoarei despovoarás despovoará despovoaremos despovoareis despovoarão
Conditional despovoaria despovoarias despovoaria despovoaríamos despovoaríeis despovoariam
Subjunctive
Present despovoe despovoes despovoe despovoemos despovoeis despovoem
Imperfect despovoasse despovoasses despovoasse despovoássemos despovoásseis despovoassem
Future despovoar despovoares despovoar despovoarmos despovoardes despovoarem
Imperative
Affirmative despovoa despovoe despovoemos despovoai despovoem
Negative (não) não despovoes não despovoe não despovoemos não despovoeis não despovoem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2Superseded.
3European Portuguese.

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