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Spanish
Etymology
From ovillo + -ar, from Vulgar Latin globellus (possibly through a form *lobellus), diminutive of Latin globus. Cf. also Portuguese novelo.
Verb
ovillar (first-person singular present ovillo, first-person singular preterite ovillé, past participle ovillado)
- to roll into a ball
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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