# acervar
## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acervāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /a.seʁˈva(ʁ)/ [a.seɦˈva(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /a.seʁˈva(ʁ)/ [a.seɦˈva(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /a.seɾˈva(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /a.seʁˈva(ʁ)/ [a.seʁˈva(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /a.seɻˈva(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.sɨɾˈvaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.sɨɾˈvaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.sɨɾˈbaɾ/ [ɐ.sɨɾˈβaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ɐ.sɨɾˈva.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: a‧cer‧var

### Verb

acervar (first-person singular present acervo, first-person singular preterite acervei, past participle acervado)
* to amass (to gather a great quantity of)
* to produce an inventory (detailed list of all of the items on hand)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* acervo (“heap”)

### Further reading

* “acervar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin acervāre.

### Verb

acervar (first-person singular present acervo, first-person singular preterite acervé, past participle acervado)
* (rare, transitive) to pile up

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | acervar | acervar | acervar | acervar | acervar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | acervando | acervando | acervando | acervando | acervando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | acervado | acervado | acervada | acervada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | acervados | acervados | acervadas | acervadas |
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | 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 |
| indicative | present | acervo | acervas$^{tú}$ acervás$^{vos}$ | acerva | acervamos | acerváis | acervan |
| indicative | imperfect | acervaba | acervabas | acervaba | acervábamos | acervabais | acervaban |
| indicative | preterite | acervé | acervaste | acervó | acervamos | acervasteis | acervaron |
| indicative | future | acervaré | acervarás | acervará | acervaremos | acervaréis | acervarán |
| indicative | conditional | acervaría | acervarías | acervaría | acervaríamos | acervaríais | acervarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | acerve | acerves$^{tú}$ acervés$^{vos2}$ | acerve | acervemos | acervéis | acerven |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | acervara | acervaras | acervara | acerváramos | acervarais | acervaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | acervase | acervases | acervase | acervásemos | acervaseis | acervasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | acervare | acervares | acervare | acerváremos | acervareis | acervaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | acerva$^{tú}$ acervá$^{vos}$ | acerve | acervemos | acervad | acerven |
| imperative | negative | | no acerves | no acerve | no acervemos | no acervéis | no acerven |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

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