FromOld Bretonloir, fromProto-Brythonic*lloɨr, fromProto-Celtic*lugrā, from the Proto-Indo-European root*lewk-(“light”). Cognate withCornishloor andWelshlloer.
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FromOld Galician-Portugueseloar (13th century,Cantigas de Santa Maria), earlierlouar, fromLatinlaudāre(“to praise”), fromlaus(“praise”). Cognate withPortugueselouvar.
loar (first-person singular presentloo,first-person singular preteriteloei,past participleloado)
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (ti) | Third-person (el /ela /Vde.) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles /elas /Vdes.) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | loar | |||||
Personal | loar | loares | loar | loarmos | loardes | loaren |
Gerund | ||||||
loando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | loado | loados | ||||
Feminine | loada | loadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | loo | loas | loa | loamos | loades | loan |
Imperfect | loaba | loabas | loaba | loabamos | loabades | loaban |
Preterite | loei | loaches | loou | loamos | loastes | loaron |
Pluperfect | loara | loaras | loara | loaramos | loarades | loaran |
Future | loarei | loarás | loará | loaremos | loaredes | loarán |
Conditional | loaría | loarías | loaría | loariamos | loariades | loarían |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | loe | loes | loe | loemos | loedes | loen |
Imperfect | loase | loases | loase | loásemos | loásedes | loasen |
Future | loar | loares | loar | loarmos | loardes | loaren |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | loa | loe | loemos | loade | loen | |
Negative (non) | nonloes | nonloe | nonloemos | nonloedes | nonloen |
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) | Second-person (ti /tu) | Third-person (ele /ela /você) | First-person (nós) | Second-person (vós) | Third-person (eles /elas /vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | loar | |||||
Personal | loar | loares | loar | loarmos | loardes | loarem |
Gerund | ||||||
loando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | loado | loados | ||||
Feminine | loada | loadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | loo | loas | loa | loamos | loades,loais | loam |
Imperfect | loava | loavas | loava | loávamos | loávades,loáveis,loávais1 | loavam |
Preterite | loei | loaste,loache1 | loou | loamos | loastes | loárom,loaram |
Pluperfect | loara | loaras | loara | loáramos | loárades,loáreis,loárais1 | loaram |
Future | loarei | loarás | loará | loaremos | loaredes,loareis | loarám,loarão |
Conditional | loaria | loarias | loaria | loaríamos | loaríades,loaríeis,loaríais1 | loariam |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | loe | loes | loe | loemos | loedes,loeis | loem |
Imperfect | loasse | loasses | loasse | loássemos | loássedes,loásseis | loassem |
Future | loar | loares | loar | loarmos | loardes | loarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | loa | loe | loemos | loade,loai | loem | |
Negative (nom) | nomloes | nomloe | nomloemos | nomloedes,nomloeis | nomloem |
1Less recommended.
Inherited fromOld Spanishloar,laudar, fromLatinlaudāre.
loar (Hebrew spellingלואר)[1]
From earlierlouar, fromLatinlaudāre(“to praise”), derived fromlaus(“praise”).
loar
infinitive | simple | loar | |||||||
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compound | infinitive ofhaver1 ortẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
gerund | simple | loando | |||||||
compound | gerund ofhaver1 ortẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
past participle | singular | plural | |||||||
masculine | loado | loados | |||||||
feminine | loada | loadas | |||||||
present participle | loante | loantes | |||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||
indicative mood | eu ei | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee | nos nos outros nos outras | vos vos outros vos outras | eles elas | |||
simple tenses | present | loo | loas | loa | loamos | loades | loan | ||
imperfect | loava | loavas | loava | loavamos,loávamos | loavades,loávades | loavan | |||
preterite | loei | loaste,loasche,loache | loou | loamos | loastes | loaron | |||
pluperfect | loara | loaras | loara | loaramos,loáramos | loarades,loárades | loaran | |||
future | loarei | loarás | loará | loaremos | loaredes | loarán | |||
conditional | loaria | loarias | loaria | loariamos,loaríamos | loariades,loaríades | loarian | |||
compound tenses | present perfect | present ofhaver1 ortẽer2 + past participle | |||||||
present imperfect | imperfect ofhaver1 ortẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
past anterior | preterite ofhaver1 ortẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
pluperfect | simple pluperfect ofhaver1 ortẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
future perfect | future ofhaver1 ortẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
conditional perfect | conditional ofhaver1 ortẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
subjunctive mood | eu ei | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee | nos nos outros nos outras | vos vos outros vos outras | eles elas | |||
simple tenses | present | loe | loes | loe | loemos | loedes | loen | ||
preterite | loasse | loasses | loasse | loassemos,loássemos | loassedes,loássedes | loassen | |||
future | loar | loares | loar | loarmos | loardes | loaren | |||
compound tenses | present perfect | present subjunctive ofhaver1 ortẽer2 + past participle | |||||||
pluperfect | preterite subjunctive ofhaver1 ortẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
future perfect | future subjunctive ofhaver1 ortẽer2 + past participle | ||||||||
imperative mood | — | tu | vossa mercee | nos nos outros nos outras | vos vos outros vos outras | — | |||
affirmative | — | loa | loe | loemos | loade | — | |||
negative | — | nonloes | nonloe | nonloemos | nonloedes | — | |||
personal infinitive | eu ei | tu | el~ele ela vossa mercee | nos nos outros nos outras | vos vos outros vos outras | eles elas | |||
loar | loares | loar | loarmos | loardes | loaren | ||||
1 Its alternative spelling,aver, can be used as well. 2teer andter were used too, though all 3 were less common than forms of "haver". |
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Inherited fromOld Galician-Portugueseloar, from earlierlouar, fromLatinlaudāre(“to praise”), fromlaus(“praise”).
loar (first-person singular presentloo,first-person singular preteriteloei,past participleloado)
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 | loar | |||||
Personal | loar | loares | loar | loarmos | loardes | loarem |
Gerund | ||||||
loando | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | loado | loados | ||||
Feminine | loada | loadas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | loo,lôo1 | loas | loa | loamos | loais | loam |
Imperfect | loava | loavas | loava | loávamos | loáveis | loavam |
Preterite | loei | loaste | loou | loamos2,loámos3 | loastes | loaram |
Pluperfect | loara | loaras | loara | loáramos | loáreis | loaram |
Future | loarei | loarás | loará | loaremos | loareis | loarão |
Conditional | loaria | loarias | loaria | loaríamos | loaríeis | loariam |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | loe | loes | loe | loemos | loeis | loem |
Imperfect | loasse | loasses | loasse | loássemos | loásseis | loassem |
Future | loar | loares | loar | loarmos | loardes | loarem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | loa | loe | loemos | loai | loem | |
Negative (não) | nãoloes | nãoloe | nãoloemos | nãoloeis | nãoloem |
1Superseded.
2Brazilian Portuguese.
3European Portuguese.
Inherited fromOld Spanishloar,laudar, fromLatinlaudāre.Doublet oflaudar, which was probably borrowed from Latin but is also found in Old Spanish.
loar (first-person singular presentloo,first-person singular preteriteloé,past participleloado)
infinitive | loar | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gerund | loando | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | loado | loada | |||||
plural | loados | loadas | |||||
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 | loo | loastú loásvos | loa | loamos | loáis | loan | |
imperfect | loaba | loabas | loaba | loábamos | loabais | loaban | |
preterite | loé | loaste | loó | loamos | loasteis | loaron | |
future | loaré | loarás | loará | loaremos | loaréis | loarán | |
conditional | loaría | loarías | loaría | loaríamos | loaríais | loarían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos | él/ella/ello usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | loe | loestú loésvos2 | loe | loemos | loéis | loen | |
imperfect (ra) | loara | loaras | loara | loáramos | loarais | loaran | |
imperfect (se) | loase | loases | loase | loásemos | loaseis | loasen | |
future1 | loare | loares | loare | loáremos | loareis | loaren | |
imperative | — | tú vos | usted | nosotros nosotras | vosotros vosotras | ustedes | |
affirmative | loatú loávos | loe | loemos | load | loen | ||
negative | noloes | noloe | noloemos | noloéis | noloen |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
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