clavar

== Asturian == === Etymology === From clavu or from Late Latin clāvāre, from Latin clāvus. === Verb === clavar (first-person singular indicative present clavo, past participle claváu) (transitive) to nail (employ a nail as a fastener) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== clavu == Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Late Latin clāvāre (compare Occitan clavar, Spanish clavar, Portuguese cravar, French clouer, Italian chiavare), from Latin clāvus. Equivalent to, but not synchronically derivable from, clau (“[a] nail”) +‎ -ar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [kləˈβa] IPA(key): (Balearic) [kləˈva] IPA(key): (Valencia) [klaˈvaɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [klaˈβa] === Verb === clavar (first-person singular present clavo, first-person singular preterite claví, past participle clavat) (transitive) to nail (transitive) to pin (transitive) to attach, stick Synonym: fixar ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== clau ==== Further reading ==== “clavar”, 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 Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “clavar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) “clavar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 == Occitan == === Etymology === clau +‎ -ar. Clau reverts back to its Latin root clav, from clāvis (“key”). Alternatively (through Old Occitan [Term?]), from Late Latin clāvāre, from Latin clāvus. === Pronunciation === === Verb === clavar to lock (figuratively) to lock; to close to nail ==== Conjugation ==== == Spanish == === Etymology === From clavo or from Late Latin clāvāre, from Latin clāvus. Compare Portuguese cravar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /klaˈbaɾ/ [klaˈβ̞aɾ] Rhymes: -aɾ Syllabification: cla‧var === Verb === clavar (first-person singular present clavo, first-person singular preterite clavé, past participle clavado) to nail, to pin, to stick ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Further reading ==== “clavar”, 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