# resolver
## English
### Etymology

From resolve +‎ -er.

### Noun

resolver (plural resolvers)
* One who or that which resolves.
    Synonyms: solver, solvent; problemsolver
    Courts are resolvers of disputes.
    On the Internet, a DNS resolver maps domain names to IP addresses.
* A device whose electrical output is proportional to the angular position of an object such as a rotor.

## Old French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin resolvere as if it were a first group verb. Compare the inherited résoudre.

### Verb

resolver
* (reflexive, se resolver) to resolve oneself; to become resolved
** 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 156 of this essay:Fleume toumente fort car la matiere est moulte visqueuse et pour ce elle se resolve legierement et interpole petit car l’umeur est moult apre et l’est a putrefaction pour cause d’umidité.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Latin resolvere (“to release”), from re- (“again”) + solvō (“to loosen, to unbind”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.zowˈve(ʁ)/ [he.zoʊ̯ˈve(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.zowˈve(ʁ)/ [he.zoʊ̯ˈve(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /ʁe.zowˈve(ɾ)/ [he.zoʊ̯ˈve(ɾ)]
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /ʁe.zowˈve(ʁ)/ [χe.zoʊ̯ˈve(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ʁe.zowˈve(ɻ)/ [he.zoʊ̯ˈve(ɻ)]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.zolˈveɾ/ [ʁɨ.zoɫˈveɾ], /ʁɨ.zɔlˈveɾ/ [ʁɨ.zɔɫˈveɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.zolˈveɾ/ [ʁɨ.zoɫˈveɾ], /ʁɨ.zɔlˈveɾ/ [ʁɨ.zɔɫˈveɾ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.zolˈbeɾ/ [ʁɨ.zoɫˈβeɾ], /ʁɨ.zɔlˈbeɾ/ [ʁɨ.zɔɫˈβeɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ʁɨ.zolˈve.ɾi/ [ʁɨ.zoɫˈve.ɾi], /ʁɨ.zɔlˈve.ɾi/ [ʁɨ.zɔɫˈve.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: re‧sol‧ver

### Verb

resolver (first-person singular present resolvo, first-person singular preterite resolvi, past participle resolvido)
* (transitive) to solve; to resolve (to find an answer or solution)
    Synonyms: decifrar, solucionar, solver
    Você conseguiu resolver o problema?Could you solve the problem?
* (catenative) to decide [with infinitive ‘to do something’]
    Synonyms: decidir, deliberar, determinar, escolher
    Resolvi ir embora. ― I decided to leave.
* (catenative, pronominal) to decide [with a (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]
    Resolvi-me a ir embora. ― I decided to leave.
* (transitive) to dissolve; to dissipate
    Synonyms: desfazer, dissipar, dissolver, solver
* (transitive) to annul (to formally revoke the validity of)
    Synonyms: abolir, anular, desfazer, invalidar
* (pronominal) to fade away
* (pronominal) to consist [with em ‘in something’]

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:resolver.

#### Related terms

* resolubilidade
* resolução
* resolutamente
* resoluteza
* resolutivo
* resoluto
* resolutor
* resolutório
* resolúvel
* resolvedor
* resolvido
* resolvimento
* resolvível

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin resolvere. Cognate with English resolve.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /resolˈbeɾ/ [re.solˈβ̞eɾ]
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Syllabification: re‧sol‧ver

### Verb

resolver (first-person singular present resuelvo, first-person singular preterite resolví, past participle resuelto)
* to resolve, to sort out, to settle, to address, to tackle, to overcome, to iron out
    Eso lo resuelve. ― That settles it.
* to solve, to figure out, to work out, to crack
* to decide
* to meet (e.g. demands, needs, requirements)

#### 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

* resolver el caso (“to crack the case”)

### Further reading

* “resolver”, 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