desvelar

Asturian

Verb

desvelar (first-person singular indicative present desvelo, past participle desveláu)

1. to reveal

Conjugation

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: des‧ve‧lar

Verb

desvelar (first-person singular present desvelo, first-person singular preterite desvelei, past participle desvelado)

1. (transitive) to uncover, to unveil

Conjugation

Further reading

• “desvelar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /desbeˈlaɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: des‧ve‧lar

Etymology 1

From des- +‎ velar, or more likely derived from Latin ēvigilāre (“awaken”), with the prefix des-, from Latin dis-; compare Portuguese desvelar, Catalan desvetllar, Occitan desvelhar.

Verb

desvelar (first-person singular present desvelo, first-person singular preterite desvelé, past participle desvelado)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to prevent someone from sleeping; to keep awake
2. (transitive, reflexive) to be unable to sleep
3. (reflexive) to be vigilant
4. (reflexive, figuratively) to work tirelessly

Etymology 2

From des- (“un”) + velar (“veil”).

Verb

desvelar (first-person singular present desvelo, first-person singular preterite desvelé, past participle desvelado)

1. (transitive) to reveal, unveil

   Synonym: revelar

Conjugation

References

Further reading

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