clavar

From clavu or from Late Latin clāvāre, from Latin clāvus.

clavar (first-person singular indicative present clavo, past participle claváu)

1. (transitive) to nail (employ a nail as a fastener)

• clavu

Inherited from Late Latin clāvāre (compare Occitan clavar, Spanish clavar, Portuguese cravar, French clouer, Italian chiavare), from Latin clāvus. Equivalent to, but not synchronically derivable from, clau (“ nail”) +‎ -ar.

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clavar (first-person singular present clavo, first-person singular preterite claví, past participle clavat)

1. (transitive) to nail
2. (transitive) to pin
3. (transitive) to attach, stick

   Synonym: fixar

• clau

• “clavar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “clavar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “clavar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

clau +‎ -ar. Clau reverts back to its Latin root clav, from clāvis (“key”). Alternatively (through Old Occitan ), from Late Latin clāvāre, from Latin clāvus.

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clavar

1. to lock
2. (figuratively) to lock; to close
3. to nail

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		clavar			aver clavat
gerund		clavant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		clavat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	clavi	clavas	clava	clavam	clavatz	clavan
	imperfect	clavavi	clavavas	clavava	clavàvem	clavàvetz	clavavan
	preterite	clavèri	clavères	clavèt	clavèrem	clavèretz	clavèron
	future	clavarai	clavaràs	clavarà	clavarem	clavaretz	clavaràn
	conditional	clavariái	clavariás	clavariá	clavariam	clavariatz	clavarián
	conditional 2nd form1	clavèra	clavèras	clavèra	claveram	claveratz	clavèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	clave	claves	clave	clavem	clavetz	claven
	imperfect	clavèssi	clavèsses	clavèsse	clavèssem	clavèssetz	clavèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			clava		clavem	clavatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		clavar			aver clavat
gerund		clavant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		clavat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	clave	claves	clava	clavam	clavatz	clavon
	imperfect	clavave	clavaves	clavava	clavaviam	clavaviatz	clavavon
	preterite	clavere	claveres	clavet	clavem	clavetz	claveron
	future	clavarai	clavaràs	clavará	clavarem	clavaretz	clavarán
	conditional	clavariá	clavariás	clavariá	clavariam	clavariatz	clavarián
	conditional 2nd form1	clavèra	clavèras	clavèra	claveram	claveratz	clavèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	clave	claves	clave	clavassiam	clavassiatz	clavon
	imperfect	clavesse	clavesses	clavesse	clavessiam	clavessiatz	clavesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			clava		clavassiam	clavatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		clavar			aver clavat
gerund		clavant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		clavat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	clavi	clavas	clava	clavam	clavatz	clavan
	imperfect	clavavi	clavavas	clavava	clavàvam	clavàvatz	clavavan
	preterite	clavèi	clavès	clavè	clavèm	clavètz	clavèn
	future	clavarèi	clavaràs	clavarà	clavaram	clavaratz	clavaràn
	conditional	clavarí	clavarés	clavaré	clavarem	clavaretz	clavarén
	conditional 2nd form1	clavèra	clavèras	clavèra	claveram	claveratz	clavèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	clavi	claves	clave	clavem	clavetz	claven
	imperfect	clavèssi	clavèsses	clavèsse	clavèssem	clavèssetz	clavèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			clava		clavem	clavatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		clavar			aver clavat
gerund		clavant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		clavat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	clave	clavas	clava	clavam	clavatz	clavan
	imperfect	clavava	clavavas	clavava	clavàvam	clavàvatz	clavavan
	preterite	clavei	claveras	clavet	clavèram	clavèratz	claveran
	future	clavarai	clavaràs	clavará	clavarem	clavaretz	clavarán
	conditional	clavariá	clavariàs	clavariá	clavariam	clavariatz	clavarián
	conditional 2nd form1	clavèra	clavèras	clavèra	claveram	claveratz	clavèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	clave	claves	clave	clavem	clavetz	claven
	imperfect	clavèsse	clavèsses	clavèsse	clavèssem	clavèssetz	clavèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			clava		clavem	clavatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		clavar			aver clavat
gerund		clavant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		clavat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	clave	claves	clava	clavam	clavatz	clavan
	imperfect	clavavi	clavavas	clavava	clavàvem	clavàvetz	clavavan
	preterite	clavère	clavères	clavèt	claveriam	claveriatz	clavèron
	future	clavarai	clavaràs	clavarà	clavarem	clavaretz	clavaràn
	conditional	clavariáu	clavariás	clavariá	clavariam	clavariatz	clavarián
	conditional 2nd form1	clavèra	clavèras	clavèra	claveram	claveratz	clavèran
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	clave	claves	clave	clavem	clavetz	clavan
	imperfect	clavèsse	clavèsses	clavèsse	clavessiam	clavessiatz	clavèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			clava		clavem	clavatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

From clavo or from Late Latin clāvāre, from Latin clāvus. Compare Portuguese cravar.

• IPA^(key): /klaˈbaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: cla‧var

clavar (first-person singular present clavo, first-person singular preterite clavé, past participle clavado)

1. to nail, to pin, to stick

• “clavar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10