# variar
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin variāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [bə.ɾiˈa]
* IPA: (Balearic) [və.ɾiˈa]
* IPA: (Valencia) [va.ɾiˈaɾ]
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

variar (first-person singular present vario, first-person singular preterite varií, past participle variat)
* (transitive, intransitive) to vary

#### Synonyms

* (to cause to vary): modificar, diversificar
* (to vary): modificar-se

#### Related terms

* variable
* variació
* variància
* variant
* variat

### Further reading

* “variar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin variāre, variō.

### Verb

variar (first-person singular present varío, first-person singular preterite variei, past participle variado) variar (first-person singular present vario, first-person singular preterite variei, past participle variado, reintegrationist norm)
* to vary

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* variación

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin variāre (“to vary”), from varius (“various; different”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /va.ɾiˈa(ʁ)/ [va.ɾɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /vaˈɾja(ʁ)/ [vaˈɾja(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /va.ɾiˈa(ʁ)/ [va.ɾɪˈa(h)], (faster pronunciation) /vaˈɾja(ʁ)/ [vaˈɾja(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /va.ɾiˈa(ɾ)/ [va.ɾɪˈa(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /vaˈɾja(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /va.ɾiˈa(ʁ)/ [va.ɾɪˈa(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /vaˈɾja(ʁ)/ [vaˈɾja(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /va.ɾiˈa(ɻ)/ [va.ɾɪˈa(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /vaˈɾja(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɐˈɾjaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /vɐˈɾjaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /bɐˈɾjaɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /vɐˈɾja.ɾi/
* Homophone: varear (Portugal)
* Hyphenation: va‧ri‧ar

### Verb

variar (first-person singular present vario, first-person singular preterite variei, past participle variado)
* to vary (to change with time or a similar parameter)
* to vary (to institute a change in)
    Synonyms: alterar, modificar, mudar
* (grammar) to inflect (to vary the form of a word)
    Synonym: flexionar-se

#### Conjugation

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

#### Synonyms

* (to change): alterar, modificar(-se), mudar, mutar

#### Antonyms

* (antonym(s) of “to change”): manter-se

#### Derived terms

* variável

#### Related terms

* variabilidade
* variação
* variadamente
* variado
* variador
* variagem
* variamente
* variância
* variante
* variavelmente
* variedade
* vário
* vários

### Further reading

* “variar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “variar”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “variar” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “variar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “variar”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “variar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin variāre, variō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈɾjaɾ/ [baˈɾjaɾ]
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: va‧riar

### Verb

variar (first-person singular present varío, first-person singular preterite varié, past participle variado)
* to alter, vary, change

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* vario

### Further reading

* “variar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10