dissolver

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English dissolve

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English dissolver

From dissolve + -er.

Noun

dissolver (plural dissolvers)

1. One who, or that which, dissolves or dissipates.
   • 1685, Thomas Otway, Windsor Castle:

     Thou kind dissolver of encroaching care.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dissolvere.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒi.sowˈve(ʁ)/ [d͡ʒi.soʊ̯ˈve(h)]

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

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.solˈveɾ/ [di.soɫˈveɾ], /di.sɔlˈveɾ/ [di.sɔɫˈveɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.solˈveɾ/ [di.soɫˈveɾ], /di.sɔlˈveɾ/ [di.sɔɫˈveɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.solˈbeɾ/ [di.soɫˈβeɾ], /di.sɔlˈbeɾ/ [di.sɔɫˈβeɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /di.solˈve.ɾi/ [di.soɫˈve.ɾi], /di.sɔlˈve.ɾi/ [di.sɔɫˈve.ɾi]

• Hyphenation: dis‧sol‧ver

Verb

dissolver (first-person singular present dissolvo, first-person singular preterite dissolvi, past participle dissolvido)

1. to dissolve

Conjugation

    Conjugation of dissolver (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	dissolver
Personal	dissolver	dissolveres	dissolver	dissolvermos	dissolverdes	dissolverem
Gerund
	dissolvendo
Past participle
Masculine	dissolvido			dissolvidos
Feminine	dissolvida			dissolvidas
Indicative
Present	dissolvo	dissolves	dissolve	dissolvemos	dissolveis	dissolvem
Imperfect	dissolvia	dissolvias	dissolvia	dissolvíamos	dissolvíeis	dissolviam
Preterite	dissolvi	dissolveste	dissolveu	dissolvemos	dissolvestes	dissolveram
Pluperfect	dissolvera	dissolveras	dissolvera	dissolvêramos	dissolvêreis	dissolveram
Future	dissolverei	dissolverás	dissolverá	dissolveremos	dissolvereis	dissolverão
Conditional	dissolveria	dissolverias	dissolveria	dissolveríamos	dissolveríeis	dissolveriam
Subjunctive
Present	dissolva	dissolvas	dissolva	dissolvamos	dissolvais	dissolvam
Imperfect	dissolvesse	dissolvesses	dissolvesse	dissolvêssemos	dissolvêsseis	dissolvessem
Future	dissolver	dissolveres	dissolver	dissolvermos	dissolverdes	dissolverem
Imperative
Affirmative		dissolve	dissolva	dissolvamos	dissolvei	dissolvam
Negative (não)		não dissolvas	não dissolva	não dissolvamos	não dissolvais	não dissolvam

Further reading

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