aliviar

• aluviar

From Latin alleviāre, present active infinitive of alleviō.

• IPA^(key): /aliˈβjaɾ/

aliviar (first-person singular present alivio, first-person singular preterite aliviei, past participle aliviado)
aliviar (first-person singular present alivio, first-person singular preterite aliviei, past participle aliviado, reintegrationist norm)

1. (transitive) to relieve, ease, alleviate

   Synonyms: acalmar, atenuar, mitigar

2. (transitive) to lighten

   Synonym: alixeirar

3. (euphemistic) to steal
4. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to shit

   Synonym: facer de corpo

5. (intransitive) to calm down

   Synonym: amainar

6. (impersonal, of the weather) to clear up

   Synonyms: amainar, escampar

• aliviadoiro

• “aliviar” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “aliviar” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “aliviar” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Latin alleviāre. Doublet of aligeirar.

• Hyphenation: a‧li‧vi‧ar

aliviar (first-person singular present alivio, first-person singular preterite aliviei, past participle aliviado)

1. to relieve, ease, alleviate
2. to lighten
3. (euphemistic) to steal

For quotations using this term, see Citations:aliviar.

Inherited from Latin alleviāre. Doublet of aligerar.

• IPA^(key): /aliˈbjaɾ/

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• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: a‧li‧viar

aliviar (first-person singular present alivio, first-person singular preterite alivié, past participle aliviado)

1. (transitive) to lighten

   Synonym: aligerar

2. (transitive) to relieve, alleviate, unburden

   Me alivia. ― I am relieved.

3. (reflexive) to soothe (to bring comfort or relief)

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