ovillar

Spanish

Etymology

From ovillo +‎ -ar, from Vulgar Latin globellus (possibly through a form *lobellus), diminutive of Latin globus. Cf. also Portuguese novelo.

Verb

ovillar (first-person singular present ovillo, first-person singular preterite ovillé, past participle ovillado)

  1. to roll into a ball

Conjugation

    Conjugation of ovillar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive ovillar
gerund ovillando
past participle masculine feminine
singular ovillado ovillada
plural ovillados ovilladas
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 ovillo ovillastú
ovillásvos 		ovilla ovillamos ovilláis ovillan
imperfect ovillaba ovillabas ovillaba ovillábamos ovillabais ovillaban
preterite ovillé ovillaste ovilló ovillamos ovillasteis ovillaron
future ovillaré ovillarás ovillará ovillaremos ovillaréis ovillarán
conditional ovillaría ovillarías ovillaría ovillaríamos ovillaríais ovillarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present oville ovillestú
ovillésvos2 		oville ovillemos ovilléis ovillen
imperfect
(ra) 		ovillara ovillaras ovillara ovilláramos ovillarais ovillaran
imperfect
(se) 		ovillase ovillases ovillase ovillásemos ovillaseis ovillasen
future1 ovillare ovillares ovillare ovilláremos ovillareis ovillaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative ovillatú
ovillávos 		oville ovillemos ovillad ovillen
negative no ovilles no oville no ovillemos no ovilléis no ovillen

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

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