esvair

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exvadĕre, from Latin ēvādō. Doublet of evadir.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əz.bəˈi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əz.vəˈi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ez.vaˈiɾ]

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esvair (first-person singular present esvaeixo, first-person singular preterite esvaí, past participle esvaït)

1. (transitive) to defeat, to rout

   Synonym: desfer

2. (transitive) to devastate
3. (transitive) to dispel, destroy, eliminate

   Synonyms: dissipar, extingir

4. (pronominal) to vanish, disappear
5. (pronominal) to faint (especially from lack of food)

   Synonym: defallir

• esvaïda
• esvaïment
• esvaït

• “esvair”, 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

From Vulgar Latin *exvānĕre, from Latin vānus.^[1][2] Cf. also French évanouir, Old French esvanir.

• Hyphenation: es‧va‧ir

esvair (first-person singular present esvaio, first-person singular preterite esvaí, past participle esvaído)

1. to evaporate

   Synonym: evaporar

2. (pronominal) to faint

   Synonym: desmaiar

3. (pronominal) to lose strength or feeling

   Synonyms: enfraquecer, esgotar

• esvaecer
• desvanecer
• vão