avistar

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Portuguese

Etymology

From a- +‎ vista (“sight; view”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 
 

Verb

avistar (first-person singular present avisto, first-person singular preterite avistei, past participle avistado)

  1. (transitive) to sight (to get sight of something)
    O marinheiro gritou ao avistar terra.
    The mariner yelled as he sighted land.
    Avistei um objeto no céu.
    I sighted an object in the sky.
    • 2022 September 27, Karla Monteiro, “Fascistas hibernam quando o líder desaparece”, in Folha de S.Paulo‎:
      Naquele longínquo Sete de Setembro, logo que cheguei à praça da Liberdade, avistei bandeiras integralistas.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of avistar (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 avistar
Personal avistar avistares avistar avistarmos avistardes avistarem
Gerund
avistando
Past participle
Masculine avistado avistados
Feminine avistada avistadas
Indicative
Present avisto avistas avista avistamos avistais avistam
Imperfect avistava avistavas avistava avistávamos avistáveis avistavam
Preterite avistei avistaste avistou avistamos1, avistámos2 avistastes avistaram
Pluperfect avistara avistaras avistara avistáramos avistáreis avistaram
Future avistarei avistarás avistará avistaremos avistareis avistarão
Conditional avistaria avistarias avistaria avistaríamos avistaríeis avistariam
Subjunctive
Present aviste avistes aviste avistemos avisteis avistem
Imperfect avistasse avistasses avistasse avistássemos avistásseis avistassem
Future avistar avistares avistar avistarmos avistardes avistarem
Imperative
Affirmative avista aviste avistemos avistai avistem
Negative (não) não avistes não aviste não avistemos não avisteis não avistem

1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.

Spanish

Etymology

From a- +‎ vista +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /abisˈtaɾ/
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: a‧vis‧tar

Verb

avistar (first-person singular present avisto, first-person singular preterite avisté, past participle avistado)

  1. (transitive) to sight

Conjugation

    Conjugation of avistar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)
infinitive avistar
gerund avistando
past participle masculine feminine
singular avistado avistada
plural avistados avistadas
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 avisto avistastú
avistásvos 		avista avistamos avistáis avistan
imperfect avistaba avistabas avistaba avistábamos avistabais avistaban
preterite avisté avistaste avistó avistamos avistasteis avistaron
future avistaré avistarás avistará avistaremos avistaréis avistarán
conditional avistaría avistarías avistaría avistaríamos avistaríais avistarían
subjunctive yo tú
vos 		él/ella/ello
usted 		nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ellos/ellas
ustedes
present aviste avistestú
avistésvos2 		aviste avistemos avistéis avisten
imperfect
(ra) 		avistara avistaras avistara avistáramos avistarais avistaran
imperfect
(se) 		avistase avistases avistase avistásemos avistaseis avistasen
future1 avistare avistares avistare avistáremos avistareis avistaren
imperative — tú
vos 		usted nosotros
nosotras 		vosotros
vosotras 		ustedes
affirmative avistatú
avistávos 		aviste avistemos avistad avisten
negative no avistes no aviste no avistemos no avistéis no avisten

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

    Selected combined forms of avistar

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 avistar dative avistarme avistarte avistarle, avistarse avistarnos avistaros avistarles, avistarse
accusative avistarme avistarte avistarlo, avistarla, avistarse avistarnos avistaros avistarlos, avistarlas, avistarse
with gerund avistando dative avistándome avistándote avistándole, avistándose avistándonos avistándoos avistándoles, avistándose
accusative avistándome avistándote avistándolo, avistándola, avistándose avistándonos avistándoos avistándolos, avistándolas, avistándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative avista dative avístame avístate avístale avístanos not used avístales
accusative avístame avístate avístalo, avístala avístanos not used avístalos, avístalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative avistá dative avistame avistate avistale avistanos not used avistales
accusative avistame avistate avistalo, avistala avistanos not used avistalos, avistalas
with formal second-person singular imperative aviste dative avísteme not used avístele, avístese avístenos not used avísteles
accusative avísteme not used avístelo, avístela, avístese avístenos not used avístelos, avístelas
with first-person plural imperative avistemos dative not used avistémoste avistémosle avistémonos avistémoos avistémosles
accusative not used avistémoste avistémoslo, avistémosla avistémonos avistémoos avistémoslos, avistémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative avistad dative avistadme not used avistadle avistadnos avistaos avistadles
accusative avistadme not used avistadlo, avistadla avistadnos avistaos avistadlos, avistadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative avisten dative avístenme not used avístenle avístennos not used avístenles, avístense
accusative avístenme not used avístenlo, avístenla avístennos not used avístenlos, avístenlas, avístense

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