violar

English

Noun

violar (plural violars)

1. (archaic) A viol player.

Anagrams

• Olivar

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin violāre.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

Verb

violar (first-person singular present violo, first-person singular preterite violí, past participle violat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

1. to violate
2. to break (a rule or law)
3. to rape

Conjugation

    Conjugation of violar (first conjugation)

infinitive			violar
gerund			violant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		violat		violada
		plural		violats		violades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	violo	violes	viola	violem	violeu	violen
	imperfect	violava	violaves	violava	violàvem	violàveu	violaven
	future	violaré	violaràs	violarà	violarem	violareu	violaran
	preterite	violí	violares	violà	violàrem	violàreu	violaren
	conditional	violaria	violaries	violaria	violaríem	violaríeu	violarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	violi	violis	violi	violem	violeu	violin
	imperfect	violés	violessis	violés	violéssim	violéssiu	violessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	viola	violi	violem	violeu	violin
	negative (no)	—	no violis	no violi	no violem	no violeu	no violin

Related terms

• violador

Further reading

• “violar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “violar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “violar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “violar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese violar, from Latin violāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.oˈla(ʁ)/ [vɪ.oˈla(h)], (faster pronunciation) /vjoˈla(ʁ)/ [vjoˈla(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.oˈla(ʁ)/ [vɪ.oˈla(h)], (faster pronunciation) /vjoˈla(ʁ)/ [vjoˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /vi.oˈla(ɾ)/ [vɪ.oˈla(ɾ)], (faster pronunciation) /vjoˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /vi.oˈla(ʁ)/ [vɪ.oˈla(χ)], (faster pronunciation) /vjoˈla(ʁ)/ [vjoˈla(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.oˈla(ɻ)/ [vɪ.oˈla(ɻ)], (faster pronunciation) /vjoˈla(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vjuˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vjuˈlaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bjuˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vjuˈla.ɾi/

Verb

violar (first-person singular present violo, first-person singular preterite violei, past participle violado)

1. (transitive) to violate (to break or fail to act by [a rule])

   Synonym: desrespeitar

2. (transitive) to violate (to manipulate or use [something] in an inappropriate or illegal way)
3. (transitive, formal) to rape (to have unconsented sex with)

   Synonyms: estuprar, violentar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of violar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	violar
Personal	violar	violares	violar	violarmos	violardes	violarem
Gerund
	violando
Past participle
Masculine	violado			violados
Feminine	violada			violadas
Indicative
Present	violo	violas	viola	violamos	violais	violam
Imperfect	violava	violavas	violava	violávamos	violáveis	violavam
Preterite	violei	violaste	violou	violamos1, violámos2	violastes	violaram
Pluperfect	violara	violaras	violara	violáramos	violáreis	violaram
Future	violarei	violarás	violará	violaremos	violareis	violarão
Conditional	violaria	violarias	violaria	violaríamos	violaríeis	violariam
Subjunctive
Present	viole	violes	viole	violemos	violeis	violem
Imperfect	violasse	violasses	violasse	violássemos	violásseis	violassem
Future	violar	violares	violar	violarmos	violardes	violarem
Imperative
Affirmative		viola	viole	violemos	violai	violem
Negative (não)		não violes	não viole	não violemos	não violeis	não violem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• violador

Further reading

• “violar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin violāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bjoˈlaɾ/ [bjoˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: vio‧lar

Verb

violar (first-person singular present violo, first-person singular preterite violé, past participle violado)

1. to violate
2. to rape

   Synonym: abusar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of violar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			violar
gerund			violando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		violado		violada
		plural		violados		violadas
		singular			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
	present	violo	violastú violásvos	viola	violamos	violáis	violan
	imperfect	violaba	violabas	violaba	violábamos	violabais	violaban
	preterite	violé	violaste	violó	violamos	violasteis	violaron
	future	violaré	violarás	violará	violaremos	violaréis	violarán
	conditional	violaría	violarías	violaría	violaríamos	violaríais	violarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	viole	violestú violésvos2	viole	violemos	violéis	violen
	imperfect (ra)	violara	violaras	violara	violáramos	violarais	violaran
	imperfect (se)	violase	violases	violase	violásemos	violaseis	violasen
	future1	violare	violares	violare	violáremos	violareis	violaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		violatú violávos	viole	violemos	violad	violen
	negative		no violes	no viole	no violemos	no violéis	no violen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of violar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive violar
	dative	violarme	violarte	violarle, violarse	violarnos	violaros	violarles, violarse
	accusative	violarme	violarte	violarlo, violarla, violarse	violarnos	violaros	violarlos, violarlas, violarse
with gerund violando
	dative	violándome	violándote	violándole, violándose	violándonos	violándoos	violándoles, violándose
	accusative	violándome	violándote	violándolo, violándola, violándose	violándonos	violándoos	violándolos, violándolas, violándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative viola
	dative	viólame	viólate	viólale	viólanos	not used	viólales
	accusative	viólame	viólate	viólalo, viólala	viólanos	not used	viólalos, viólalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative violá
	dative	violame	violate	violale	violanos	not used	violales
	accusative	violame	violate	violalo, violala	violanos	not used	violalos, violalas
with formal second-person singular imperative viole
	dative	vióleme	not used	viólele, viólese	viólenos	not used	vióleles
	accusative	vióleme	not used	viólelo, viólela, viólese	viólenos	not used	viólelos, viólelas
with first-person plural imperative violemos
	dative	not used	violémoste	violémosle	violémonos	violémoos	violémosles
	accusative	not used	violémoste	violémoslo, violémosla	violémonos	violémoos	violémoslos, violémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative violad
	dative	violadme	not used	violadle	violadnos	violaos	violadles
	accusative	violadme	not used	violadlo, violadla	violadnos	violaos	violadlos, violadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative violen
	dative	viólenme	not used	viólenle	viólennos	not used	viólenles, viólense
	accusative	viólenme	not used	viólenlo, viólenla	viólennos	not used	viólenlos, viólenlas, viólense

Related terms

• violación
• violador

 

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• olivar
• virola