# cavilar
## Asturian
### Verb

cavilar (first-person singular indicative present cavilo, past participle caviláu)
* to reflect; think through

#### Conjugation
## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cavillārī. First attested in the 19th century.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kɑβiˈlaɾ]

### Verb

cavilar (first-person singular present cavilo, first-person singular preterite cavilei, past participle cavilado)
* to reflect; to think through

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cavilar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “cavilar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cavilar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cavilar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cavillārī.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kabiˈlaɾ/ [ka.β̞iˈlaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: ca‧vi‧lar

### Verb

cavilar (first-person singular present cavilo, first-person singular preterite cavilé, past participle cavilado)
* (transitive) to think (something) through; to reflect
    Synonym: reflexionar

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | infinitive | cavilar | cavilar | cavilar | cavilar | cavilar |
| gerund | gerund | gerund | cavilando | cavilando | cavilando | cavilando | cavilando |
| past participle | past participle | | | masculine | masculine | feminine | feminine |
| past participle | past participle | singular | singular | cavilado | cavilado | cavilada | cavilada |
| past participle | past participle | plural | plural | cavilados | cavilados | caviladas | caviladas |
| | | 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 | cavilo | cavilas$^{tú}$ cavilás$^{vos}$ | cavila | cavilamos | caviláis | cavilan |
| indicative | imperfect | cavilaba | cavilabas | cavilaba | cavilábamos | cavilabais | cavilaban |
| indicative | preterite | cavilé | cavilaste | caviló | cavilamos | cavilasteis | cavilaron |
| indicative | future | cavilaré | cavilarás | cavilará | cavilaremos | cavilaréis | cavilarán |
| indicative | conditional | cavilaría | cavilarías | cavilaría | cavilaríamos | cavilaríais | cavilarían |
| subjunctive | | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes |
| subjunctive | present | cavile | caviles$^{tú}$ cavilés$^{vos2}$ | cavile | cavilemos | caviléis | cavilen |
| subjunctive | imperfect (ra) | cavilara | cavilaras | cavilara | caviláramos | cavilarais | cavilaran |
| subjunctive | imperfect (se) | cavilase | cavilases | cavilase | cavilásemos | cavilaseis | cavilasen |
| subjunctive | future$^1$ | cavilare | cavilares | cavilare | caviláremos | cavilareis | cavilaren |
| imperative | | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes |
| imperative | affirmative | | cavila$^{tú}$ cavilá$^{vos}$ | cavile | cavilemos | cavilad | cavilen |
| imperative | negative | | no caviles | no cavile | no cavilemos | no caviléis | no cavilen |
$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

### Further reading

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