absolver
English
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Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /æbˈzɑl.vɚ/, /əbˈzɑl.vɚ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
absolver (plural absolvers)
- Agent noun of absolve; one who absolves. [First attested in the late 16th century.][1]
- c. 1591–1595 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Romeo and Ivliet”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii]:
- […] how hast thou the heart,
Being a divine, a ghostly confessor,
A sin-absolver, and my friend profess’d,
To mangle me with that word ‘banished’?
- 1684, Richard Baxter, Whether Parish Congregations Be True Christian Churches[1], London: Thomas Parkhurst, page 2:
- […] few men dislike the Lay-Excommunicators and Absolvers more than I do […]
Translations
one who absolves
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References
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absolver”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.
Aragonese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /absolˈbe(ɾ)/
- Rhymes: -e(ɾ)
- Syllabification: ab‧sol‧ver
Verb
absolver
- (transitive) to absolve
Conjugation
The specific conjugation shown in the Aragonese conjugation table template is not completely correct. The /ue/ diphthong must be used in forms where the stem is stressed. The conjugation needs to be corrected, even though Aragonese is a minority language. The correct conjugations are absuelvo, absuelves, absuelve, absuelven, absuelva, absuelvas and absuelvan. This verb has also an irregular participle: absuelto.
Conjugation of absolver (second conjugation)
| infinitive | absolver | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | absolvendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | absolviu, absolvito | absolvida, absolvita | |||||
| plural | absolvius, absolvitos | absolvidas, absolvitas | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | yo | tú | él | nusatros nusatras |
vusatros vusatras |
ellos/els ellas | |
| present | absolvo | absolves | absolve | absolvemos | absolvez | absolven | |
| imperfect | absolveba, absolvebe | absolvebas | absolveba | absolvebanos | absolvebaz | absolveban | |
| preterite | absolvié | absolviés | absolvió | absolviemos | absolviez | absolvioron, absolvión | |
| future | absolveré | absolverás | absolverá | absolveremos | absolverez | absolverán | |
| conditional | absolvería | absolverías | absolvería | absolveríanos | absolveríaz | absolverían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú | él | nusatros nusatras |
vusatros vusatras |
ellos/els ellas | |
| present | absolva | absolvas | absolva | absolvamos | absolvaz | absolvan | |
| imperfect | absolvese | absolveses | absolvese | absolvesenos | absolvesez | absolvesen | |
| imperative | — | tú | — | — | vusatros vusatras |
— | |
| — | absolve | — | — | absolvez | — | ||
Galician
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Verb
absolver (first-person singular present absolvo, first-person singular preterite absolvín, past participle absolvido, short past participle absolto)
Conjugation
Conjugation of absolver (irregular short past participle)
Reintegrated conjugation of absolver (irregular short past participle) (See Appendix:Reintegrationism)
Related terms
Further reading
- “absolver”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
- “absolver”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /absɔlˈʋeːr/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -eːr
- Hyphenation: ab‧sol‧ver
Verb
absolver
- imperative of absolvere
Portuguese
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Learned borrowing from Latin absolvere.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.bi.sowˈve(ʁ)/ [a.bi.soʊ̯ˈve(h)], /ab.sowˈve(ʁ)/ [ab.soʊ̯ˈve(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /a.bi.sowˈve(ɾ)/ [a.bi.soʊ̯ˈve(ɾ)], /ab.sowˈve(ɾ)/ [ab.soʊ̯ˈve(ɾ)]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /a.bi.sowˈve(ʁ)/ [a.bi.soʊ̯ˈve(χ)], /ab.sowˈve(ʁ)/ [ab.soʊ̯ˈve(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /a.bi.sowˈve(ɻ)/ [a.bi.soʊ̯ˈve(ɻ)], /ab.sowˈve(ɻ)/ [ab.soʊ̯ˈve(ɻ)]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐb.solˈveɾ/ [ɐβ.soɫˈveɾ], /ɐb.sɔlˈveɾ/ [ɐβ.sɔɫˈveɾ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐb.solˈbeɾ/ [ɐβ.soɫˈβeɾ], /ɐb.sɔlˈbeɾ/ [ɐβ.sɔɫˈβeɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐb.solˈve.ɾi/ [ɐb.soɫˈve.ɾi], /ɐb.sɔlˈve.ɾi/ [ɐb.sɔɫˈve.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: ab‧sol‧ver
Verb
absolver (first-person singular present absolvo, first-person singular preterite absolvi, past participle absolvido)
Conjugation
Conjugation of absolver (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
Related terms
- absolução
- absolutório
Further reading
- “absolver”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “absolver”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin absolvere and adapted to the conjugations of the native solver.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /absolˈbeɾ/ [aβ̞.solˈβ̞eɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -eɾ
- Syllabification: ab‧sol‧ver
Verb
absolver (first-person singular present absuelvo, first-person singular preterite absolví, past participle absuelto)
Conjugation
Conjugation of absolver (irregular; o-ue alternation) (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
Selected combined forms of absolver (irregular; o-ue alternation)
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Related terms
Further reading
- “absolver”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026
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