# lavar
## Franco-Provençal
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin lavāre.

### Verb

lavar (ORB, broad)
* to wash

### References

* laver in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
* lavar in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lavar, from Latin lavāre (“to wash”). Cognate with Portuguese and Spanish lavar.

### Verb

lavar (first-person singular present lavo, first-person singular preterite lavei, past participle lavado)
* to wash

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Derived terms

* lavado
* lavadura

### Further reading

* “lavar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Ido
### Verb

lavar (present tense lavas, past tense lavis, future tense lavos, imperative lavez, conditional lavus)
* (transitive) to wash

#### Derived terms

* laverio

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Old Occitan, from Latin lavāre.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

lavar
* to wash

#### Conjugation
## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin lavāre. Cognate with Old Spanish lavar and Old French laver.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /la.ˈβaɾ/
* Rhymes: -aɾ

### Verb

lavar
* to wash

#### Descendants

* Galician: lavar
* Portuguese: lavar

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lavar, from Latin lavāre (“to wash”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”). Compare Galician and Spanish lavar, French laver, and Italian lavare.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /laˈva(ʁ)/ [laˈva(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /laˈva(ʁ)/ [laˈva(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /laˈva(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /laˈva(ʁ)/ [laˈva(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /laˈva(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /lɐˈvaɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /lɐˈvaɾ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /lɐˈbaɾ/ [lɐˈβaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /lɐˈva.ɾi/
* Hyphenation: la‧var

### Verb

lavar (first-person singular present lavo, first-person singular preterite lavei, past participle lavado)
* to wash

#### Conjugation

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

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lavar.

#### Derived terms

* lavagem
* lavamento

#### Related terms

* lavação
* lavadeiro
* lavador
* lavadouro
* lavadura
* lavandaria
* lavatório
* lavável
* loção
* perlavar

## Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin lavāre (“to wash”), from Proto-Indo-European *lewh₃- (“to wash”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /laˈbaɾ/ [laˈβ̞aɾ]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: la‧var

### Verb

lavar (first-person singular present lavo, first-person singular preterite lavé, past participle lavado)
* (transitive) to wash
    Synonym: asear
* (transitive) to wipe, clear (disgrace, doubt, etc.)
* (reflexive) to wash oneself
* (reflexive) to wash a body part of oneself (e.g. hands, hair)

#### 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.

#### Derived terms

* lavacoches
* lavacopas
* lavamanos
* lavaparabrisas
* lavaplatos
* lavar con sangre
* lavar la cara
* lavarropas
* lavarse las manos
* lavatrastos
* lavavajillas
* mesa de lavar
* tabla de lavar

#### Related terms

* lavable
* lavabo
* lavación
* lavada
* lavadero
* lavado
* lavador
* lavadora
* lavadura
* lavaje
* lavandería
* lavarse
* lavatorio
* loción

### Further reading

* “lavar”, 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

### Anagrams

* larva

## Swedish
### Noun

lavar
* indefinite plural of lav (“moss”)
* indefinite plural of lave (“bench in a sauna”)

### Anagrams

* Alvar, larva, valar