# avea
## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese avẽa, from Latin avēna (“oats”). Cognate with Portuguese aveia and Spanish avena.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈβea̝/

### Noun

avea f (plural aveas)
* oat
** 1331, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Fueros municipales de Santiago y de su tierra, Madrid: Ediciones Castilla, page 542:de quanto centeo e auea e orjo labraren en ese Regengo ha de auer o arcobispo ou seu mayordomo a meadad despois que os labradores tomaren o seu dereitoof all the rye, oat and barley that they would grow in this crown's possession, the archbishop or his steward must have half of it, after the laborers have taken their parts
** 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 61:Jtem. deue o potro comer feo, palla, herua, orio, auea, espelqa, que quer dizer melga, et as qousas semellauelles a esto, que naturalmente som para seu comer.Item. The foal must eat hay, straw, grass, barley, oat, spelt —that is, melga— and things that are similar to these, which are naturally for them to eat

#### Derived terms

* aveal
* Aveal

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “auea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “auea”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “avea”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “avea”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “avea”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈve.a/
* Rhymes: -ea
* Hyphenation: a‧vé‧a
* chiefly in synalepha as [aˈvea̯], for metric purposes

### Verb

avea
* (poetic, literary) Alternative form of aveva

## Romanian
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin habēre (“have, hold, possess”), probably from a Proto-Italic *habēō or *haβēō, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- (“to grab, to take”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈve̯a/
* Audio:(file)
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### Verb

a avea (third-person singular present are, past participle avut) 2nd conjugation
* (transitive) to have
    Eu am o soră.I have a sister.
* (reflexive, accusative, often with cu) to stand
    a se avea bine/rău (cu cineva)to be on good/bad terms (with someone)
* (auxiliary) Used to form other tenses.
** Used with past participles to form the compound perfect tense.: to have (done)
    Eu te-am văzut pe tine.I have seen you.
    Te-a văzut pe tine?Has he seen you?
** Used with a subjunctive to form a variant of the future tense.
    Am să te vizitez odată.I will visit you sometime.
** Used with an infinitive to form the conditional present tense.
    Aș face-o dacă aș putea.I would do it if I could.
    Ai vrea să vii cu mine?Would you like to come with me?
** Used with fi and a past participle to form the conditional perfect tense.
    Aș fi venit dacă aș fi avut timp.I would have come if I had time.
** Used with de and a past participle: to have to
    Nu ai de făcut asta dacă nu vreiYou don't have to do this if you don't want.

#### Usage notes

* The verb avea has three conjugations, shown below: one when used as a full verb or to form the future tense (el/ea are), one when forming the compound perfect tense (el/ea a) and one when forming the conditional present and past tenses (el/ea ar).
* Note that the singular pluperfect forms avusem, avuseși and avuse, as well as the third plural form avuseră, are to be avoided. The forms avusesem, avuseseși, avusese and avuseseră should be used instead. See here: https://dexonline.ro/definitie/avea/paradigma.

#### Derived terms

* avere
* avut
* avuție
* înavuți