debelar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēbellāre.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.beˈla(ʁ)/ [de.beˈla(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.beˈla(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.beˈla(ʁ)/ [de.beˈla(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.beˈla(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.bɨˈlaɾ/ [dɨ.βɨˈlaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.bɨˈla.ɾi/ [dɨ.βɨˈla.ɾi]

Hyphenation: de‧be‧lar

Verb

debelar (first-person singular present debelo, first-person singular preterite debelei, past participle debelado)

(transitive, military) to win, to conquer
Synonyms: vencer, derrotar

Antonym: perder
(transitive, medicine) to neutralize/neutralise, to stop the effects of (e.g. a disease)
Synonyms: neutralizar, refrear, reprimir
(transitive, by extension) to stop or prevent
Synonyms: prevenir, impedir, parar, aplacar

Conjugation

Conjugation of debelar (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	debelar
Personal	debelar	debelares	debelar	debelarmos	debelardes	debelarem
Gerund
	debelando
Past participle
Masculine	debelado			debelados
Feminine	debelada			debeladas
Indicative
Present	debelo	debelas	debela	debelamos	debelais	debelam
Imperfect	debelava	debelavas	debelava	debelávamos	debeláveis	debelavam
Preterite	debelei	debelaste	debelou	debelamos¹, debelámos²	debelastes	debelaram
Pluperfect	debelara	debelaras	debelara	debeláramos	debeláreis	debelaram
Future	debelarei	debelarás	debelará	debelaremos	debelareis	debelarão
Conditional	debelaria	debelarias	debelaria	debelaríamos	debelaríeis	debelariam
Subjunctive
Present	debele	debeles	debele	debelemos	debeleis	debelem
Imperfect	debelasse	debelasses	debelasse	debelássemos	debelásseis	debelassem
Future	debelar	debelares	debelar	debelarmos	debelardes	debelarem
Imperative
Affirmative		debela	debele	debelemos	debelai	debelem
Negative (não)		não debeles	não debele	não debelemos	não debeleis	não debelem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

debelação, debelatório

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēbellāre.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /debeˈlaɾ/ [d̪e.β̞eˈlaɾ]
Rhymes: -aɾ
Syllabification: de‧be‧lar

Verb

debelar (first-person singular present debelo, first-person singular preterite debelé, past participle debelado)

(transitive) to conquer
Synonym: conquistar

Conjugation

Conjugation of debelar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

		singular			plural
infinitive			debelar
gerund			debelando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		debelado		debelada
		plural		debelados		debeladas
		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	debelo	debelas^{^tú} debelás^{^vos}	debela	debelamos	debeláis	debelan
	imperfect	debelaba	debelabas	debelaba	debelábamos	debelabais	debelaban
	preterite	debelé	debelaste	debeló	debelamos	debelasteis	debelaron
	future	debelaré	debelarás	debelará	debelaremos	debelaréis	debelarán
	conditional	debelaría	debelarías	debelaría	debelaríamos	debelaríais	debelarían

subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	debele	debeles^{^tú} debelés^{^vos²}	debele	debelemos	debeléis	debelen
	imperfect (ra)	debelara	debelaras	debelara	debeláramos	debelarais	debelaran
	imperfect (se)	debelase	debelases	debelase	debelásemos	debelaseis	debelasen
	future¹	debelare	debelares	debelare	debeláremos	debelareis	debelaren

imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		debela^{^tú} debelá^{^vos}	debele	debelemos	debelad	debelen
	negative		no debeles	no debele	no debelemos	no debeléis	no debelen

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

Further reading

“debelar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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