devastar

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dēvastāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [də.βəsˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [də.vəsˈta]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [de.vasˈtaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [de.βasˈta]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

devastar (first-person singular present devasto, first-person singular preterite devastí, past participle devastat)

1. (transitive) to devastate

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of devastar (first conjugation)

infinitive			devastar
gerund			devastant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		devastat		devastada
		plural		devastats		devastades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	devasto	devastes	devasta	devastem	devasteu	devasten
	imperfect	devastava	devastaves	devastava	devastàvem	devastàveu	devastaven
	future	devastaré	devastaràs	devastarà	devastarem	devastareu	devastaran
	preterite	devastí	devastares	devastà	devastàrem	devastàreu	devastaren
	conditional	devastaria	devastaries	devastaria	devastaríem	devastaríeu	devastarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	devasti	devastis	devasti	devastem	devasteu	devastin
	imperfect	devastés	devastessis	devastés	devastéssim	devastéssiu	devastessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	devasta	devasti	devastem	devasteu	devastin
	negative (no)	—	no devastis	no devasti	no devastem	no devasteu	no devastin

Related terms

• devastació
• devastador

Further reading

• “devastar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “devastar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “devastar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “devastar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Ido

Verb

devastar (present tense devastas, past tense devastis, future tense devastos, imperative devastez, conditional devastus)

1. (transitive) to lay waste to, devastate

Conjugation

Conjugation of devastar

		present		past		future
infinitive		devastar		devastir		devastor
tense		devastas		devastis		devastos
conditional		devastus		—		—
imperative		devastez		—		—
adjective active participle		devastanta		devastinta		devastonta
adverbial active participle		devastante		devastinte		devastonte
nominal active participle	singular	devastanto		devastinto		devastonto
	plural	devastanti		devastinti		devastonti
adjective passive participle		devastata		devastita		devastota
adverbial passive participle		devastate		devastite		devastote
nominal passive participle	singular	devastato		devastito		devastoto
	plural	devastati		devastiti		devastoti

Related terms

• devasto

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dēvastāre.

Verb

devastar

1. (10th century) to devastate; to destroy; to massacre

Usage notes

• Only known recorded usage is in the Vie de Saint Léger.

References

• Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “devaster”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• vastar (poetic)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Latin vāstus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin vāstō

Latin dēvastārelbor.

Portuguese devastar

Learned borrowing from Latin dēvastāre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.vasˈta(ʁ)/ [de.vasˈta(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /de.vasˈta(ʁ)/ [de.vasˈta(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /de.vasˈta(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /de.vaʃˈta(ʁ)/ [de.vaʃˈta(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /de.vasˈta(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.vɐʃˈtaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.vɐʃˈtaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.bɐʃˈtaɾ/ [dɨ.βɐʃˈtaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨ.vɐʃˈta.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: de‧vas‧tar

Verb

devastar (first-person singular present devasto, first-person singular preterite devastei, past participle devastado)

1. (transitive) to devastate; to lay waste (to completely destroy)

   Synonym: destruir

Conjugation

    Conjugation of devastar (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	devastar
Personal	devastar	devastares	devastar	devastarmos	devastardes	devastarem
Gerund
	devastando
Past participle
Masculine	devastado			devastados
Feminine	devastada			devastadas
Indicative
Present	devasto	devastas	devasta	devastamos	devastais	devastam
Imperfect	devastava	devastavas	devastava	devastávamos	devastáveis	devastavam
Preterite	devastei	devastaste	devastou	devastamos1, devastámos2	devastastes	devastaram
Pluperfect	devastara	devastaras	devastara	devastáramos	devastáreis	devastaram
Future	devastarei	devastarás	devastará	devastaremos	devastareis	devastarão
Conditional	devastaria	devastarias	devastaria	devastaríamos	devastaríeis	devastariam
Subjunctive
Present	devaste	devastes	devaste	devastemos	devasteis	devastem
Imperfect	devastasse	devastasses	devastasse	devastássemos	devastásseis	devastassem
Future	devastar	devastares	devastar	devastarmos	devastardes	devastarem
Imperative
Affirmative		devasta	devaste	devastemos	devastai	devastem
Negative (não)		não devastes	não devaste	não devastemos	não devasteis	não devastem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• devastador

Further reading

• “devastar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “devastar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-

Latin vāstus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin vāstō

Latin dēvastāreder.

Spanish devastar

Derived from Latin dēvastāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /debasˈtaɾ/ [d̪e.β̞asˈt̪aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: de‧vas‧tar

Verb

devastar (first-person singular present devasto, first-person singular preterite devasté, past participle devastado)

1. (transitive) to devastate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of devastar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			devastar
gerund			devastando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		devastado		devastada
		plural		devastados		devastadas
		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	devasto	devastastú devastásvos	devasta	devastamos	devastáis	devastan
	imperfect	devastaba	devastabas	devastaba	devastábamos	devastabais	devastaban
	preterite	devasté	devastaste	devastó	devastamos	devastasteis	devastaron
	future	devastaré	devastarás	devastará	devastaremos	devastaréis	devastarán
	conditional	devastaría	devastarías	devastaría	devastaríamos	devastaríais	devastarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	devaste	devastestú devastésvos2	devaste	devastemos	devastéis	devasten
	imperfect (ra)	devastara	devastaras	devastara	devastáramos	devastarais	devastaran
	imperfect (se)	devastase	devastases	devastase	devastásemos	devastaseis	devastasen
	future1	devastare	devastares	devastare	devastáremos	devastareis	devastaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		devastatú devastávos	devaste	devastemos	devastad	devasten
	negative		no devastes	no devaste	no devastemos	no devastéis	no devasten

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of devastar

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 devastar	dative	devastarme	devastarte	devastarle, devastarse	devastarnos	devastaros	devastarles, devastarse
	accusative	devastarme	devastarte	devastarlo, devastarla, devastarse	devastarnos	devastaros	devastarlos, devastarlas, devastarse
with gerund devastando	dative	devastándome	devastándote	devastándole, devastándose	devastándonos	devastándoos	devastándoles, devastándose
	accusative	devastándome	devastándote	devastándolo, devastándola, devastándose	devastándonos	devastándoos	devastándolos, devastándolas, devastándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative devasta	dative	devástame	devástate	devástale	devástanos	not used	devástales
	accusative	devástame	devástate	devástalo, devástala	devástanos	not used	devástalos, devástalas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative devastá	dative	devastame	devastate	devastale	devastanos	not used	devastales
	accusative	devastame	devastate	devastalo, devastala	devastanos	not used	devastalos, devastalas
with formal second-person singular imperative devaste	dative	devásteme	not used	devástele, devástese	devástenos	not used	devásteles
	accusative	devásteme	not used	devástelo, devástela, devástese	devástenos	not used	devástelos, devástelas
with first-person plural imperative devastemos	dative	not used	devastémoste	devastémosle	devastémonos	devastémoos	devastémosles
	accusative	not used	devastémoste	devastémoslo, devastémosla	devastémonos	devastémoos	devastémoslos, devastémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative devastad	dative	devastadme	not used	devastadle	devastadnos	devastaos	devastadles
	accusative	devastadme	not used	devastadlo, devastadla	devastadnos	devastaos	devastadlos, devastadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative devasten	dative	devástenme	not used	devástenle	devástennos	not used	devástenles, devástense
	accusative	devástenme	not used	devástenlo, devástenla	devástennos	not used	devástenlos, devástenlas, devástense

Related terms

• devastador

Further reading

• “devastar”, 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