nevar
التعريفات والمعاني
== Aragonese ==
=== Alternative forms ===
nievar
=== Etymology ===
From Vulgar Latin *nevāre, ultimately from Latin nivem (“snow”, noun).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /neˈba(ɾ)/
Syllabification: ne‧var
Rhymes: -a(ɾ)
=== Verb ===
nevar
to snow
=== References ===
“nevar”, in Aragonario, diccionario castellano–aragonés (in Spanish)
== Asturian ==
=== Alternative forms ===
ñevar
=== Etymology ===
From Vulgar Latin *nevāre, ultimately from Latin nivem (“snow”, noun).
=== Verb ===
nevar
to snow
==== Related terms ====
nieve
== Catalan ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *nevāre, ultimately from Latin nivem (“snow”, noun).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): (Central) [nəˈβa]
IPA(key): (Balearic) [nəˈva]
IPA(key): (Valencia) [neˈvaɾ]
=== Verb ===
nevar (first-person singular present nevo, first-person singular preterite neví, past participle nevat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/
(impersonal) to snow
En Toronto sempre neva en hivern. ― It always snows in Toronto in the winter.
==== Conjugation ====
Forms other than the third person are rarely used except in a poetic sense.
==== Related terms ====
neu
=== Further reading ===
“nevar”, 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
“nevar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
“nevar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“nevar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
== Galician ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Galician-Portuguese nevar (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Vulgar Latin *nevāre, ultimately from Latin nivem (“snow”, noun).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /neˈbaɾ/ [neˈβ̞aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
=== Verb ===
nevar (first-person singular present nevo, first-person singular preterite nevei, past participle nevado)
to snow
==== Conjugation ====
==== Derived terms ====
nevada
=== References ===
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nevar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
“nevar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nevar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
“nevar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nevar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
“nevar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
== Latvian ==
=== Verb ===
nevar
third-person singular/plural present indicative of nevarēt
(with the particle lai) third-person singular imperative of nevarēt
(with the particle lai) third-person plural imperative of nevarēt
== Norwegian Nynorsk ==
=== Noun ===
nevar m
indefinite plural of neve
== Occitan ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Occitan nevar, from Vulgar Latin *nevāre, ultimately from Latin nivem (“snow”, noun).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /neˈβa/
=== Verb ===
nevar
to snow
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
nèu
aiganèu
nevós
==== Derived terms ====
==== Dialectal variants ====
neviar (Limousin)
== Old Galician-Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Vulgar Latin *nevāre, ultimately from Latin nivem (“snow”, noun). By surface analysis, neve (“snow”) + -ar.
Cognate with Old Spanish nevar.
=== Verb ===
nevar
(intransitive, impersonal) to snow (to have snow fall from the sky)
==== Conjugation ====
==== Descendants ====
Fala: neval
Galician: nevar
Portuguese: nevar
=== References ===
Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “nevar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “nevar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Cunha, Antônio Geraldo da (2020–2026), “nevar”, in Vocabulário histórico-cronológico do português medieval [Historical and chronological vocabulary of Medieval Portuguese] (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa
== Old Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Vulgar Latin *nevāre, ultimately from Latin nivem (“snow”, noun). First attested in Alfonso X's General Estoria (see quotation).
=== Verb ===
nevar
(intransitive, impersonal) to snow
==== Descendants ====
Ladino: inyevar
Spanish: nevar
== Portuguese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Galician-Portuguese nevar, from Vulgar Latin *nevāre, ultimately from Latin nivem (“snow”, noun). By surface analysis, neve (“snow”) + -ar.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Portugal, natural speech) IPA(key): [nˈvaɾ]
=== Verb ===
nevar (impersonal, third-person singular present neva, third-person singular preterite nevou, past participle nevado)
(impersonal) to snow (to have snow fall from the sky)
Synonym: (Northern Portugal) folecar
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
nevado
nevasca
neve
neviscar
=== Further reading ===
“nevar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“nevar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Old Spanish nevar, from Vulgar Latin *nevāre, ultimately from Latin nivem (“snow”, noun).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /neˈbaɾ/ [neˈβ̞aɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: ne‧var
=== Verb ===
nevar (first-person singular present nievo, first-person singular preterite nevé, past participle nevado)
(intransitive, impersonal) to snow
(transitive) to whiten, add white colour to something
==== Conjugation ====
==== Related terms ====
=== Further reading ===
“nevar”, 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