evaporar

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēvapōrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ebapoˈɾaɾ/ [e.β̞a.poˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ

Verb

evaporar (first-person singular indicative present evaporo, past participle evaporáu)

1. synonym of vaporiar

Conjugation

Conjugation of evaporar

infinitive		evaporar
gerund		evaporando
past participle		m evaporáu, f evaporada, n evaporao, m pl evaporaos, f pl evaporaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	evaporo	evapores	evapora	evaporamos	evaporáis	evaporen
	imperfect	evaporaba	evaporabes	evaporaba	evaporábemos, evaporábamos	evaporabeis, evaporabais	evaporaben
	preterite	evaporé	evaporasti, evaporesti	evaporó	evaporemos	evaporastis, evaporestis	evaporaron
	pluperfect	evaporare, evaporara	evaporares, evaporaras	evaporare, evaporara	evaporáremos, evaporáramos	evaporareis, evaporarais	evaporaren, evaporaran
	future	evaporaré	evaporarás	evaporará	evaporaremos	evaporaréis	evaporarán
	conditional	evaporaría	evaporaríes	evaporaría	evaporaríemos, evaporaríamos	evaporaríeis, evaporaríais	evaporaríen
subjunctive	present	evapore	evapores, evaporas	evapore	evaporemos	evaporéis	evaporen, evaporan
	imperfect	evaporare, evaporara	evaporares, evaporaras	evaporare, evaporara	evaporáremos, evaporáramos	evaporareis, evaporarais	evaporaren, evaporaran
imperative		—	evapora	—	—	evaporái	—

Further reading

• “evaporar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ēvapōrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ə.βə.puˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ə.və.poˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [e.va.poˈɾaɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [e.βa.poˈɾa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Verb

evaporar (first-person singular present evaporo, first-person singular preterite evaporí, past participle evaporat); root stress: (Northern) /u/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /o/

1. to evaporate

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of evaporar (first conjugation)

infinitive			evaporar
gerund			evaporant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		evaporat		evaporada
		plural		evaporats		evaporades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	evaporo	evapores	evapora	evaporem	evaporeu	evaporen
	imperfect	evaporava	evaporaves	evaporava	evaporàvem	evaporàveu	evaporaven
	future	evaporaré	evaporaràs	evaporarà	evaporarem	evaporareu	evaporaran
	preterite	evaporí	evaporares	evaporà	evaporàrem	evaporàreu	evaporaren
	conditional	evaporaria	evaporaries	evaporaria	evaporaríem	evaporaríeu	evaporarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	evapori	evaporis	evapori	evaporem	evaporeu	evaporin
	imperfect	evaporés	evaporessis	evaporés	evaporéssim	evaporéssiu	evaporessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	evapora	evapori	evaporem	evaporeu	evaporin
	negative (no)	—	no evaporis	no evapori	no evaporem	no evaporeu	no evaporin

Related terms

• evaporació

Further reading

• “evaporar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “evaporar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “evaporar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “evaporar”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin ēvapōrō.

Verb

evaporar

1. to evaporate

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		evaporar			aver evaporat
gerund		evaporant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		evaporat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	evapori	evaporas	evapora	evaporam	evaporatz	evaporan
	imperfect	evaporavi	evaporavas	evaporava	evaporàvem	evaporàvetz	evaporavan
	preterite	evaporèri	evaporères	evaporèt	evaporèrem	evaporèretz	evaporèron
	future	evaporarai	evaporaràs	evaporarà	evaporarem	evaporaretz	evaporaràn
	conditional	evaporariái	evaporariás	evaporariá	evaporariam	evaporariatz	evaporarián
	conditional 2nd form1	evaporèra	evaporèras	evaporèra	evaporeram	evaporeratz	evaporèran
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	evapore	evapores	evapore	evaporem	evaporetz	evaporen
	imperfect	evaporèssi	evaporèsses	evaporèsse	evaporèssem	evaporèssetz	evaporèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			evapora		evaporem	evaporatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Auvernhàs

		simple			compound
infinitive		evaporar			aver evaporat
gerund		evaporant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		evaporat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	evapore	evapores	evapora	evaporam	evaporatz	evaporon
	imperfect	evaporave	evaporaves	evaporava	evaporaviam	evaporaviatz	evaporavon
	preterite	evaporere	evaporeres	evaporet	evaporem	evaporetz	evaporeron
	future	evaporarai	evaporaràs	evaporará	evaporarem	evaporaretz	evaporarán
	conditional	evaporariá	evaporariás	evaporariá	evaporariam	evaporariatz	evaporarián
	conditional 2nd form1	evaporèra	evaporèras	evaporèra	evaporeram	evaporeratz	evaporèran
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	evapore	evapores	evapore	evaporassiam	evaporassiatz	evaporon
	imperfect	evaporesse	evaporesses	evaporesse	evaporessiam	evaporessiatz	evaporesson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			evapora		evaporassiam	evaporatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Gascon

		simple			compound
infinitive		evaporar			aver evaporat
gerund		evaporant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		evaporat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	evapori	evaporas	evapora	evaporam	evaporatz	evaporan
	imperfect	evaporavi	evaporavas	evaporava	evaporàvam	evaporàvatz	evaporavan
	preterite	evaporèi	evaporès	evaporè	evaporèm	evaporètz	evaporèn
	future	evaporarèi	evaporaràs	evaporarà	evaporaram	evaporaratz	evaporaràn
	conditional	evaporarí	evaporarés	evaporaré	evaporarem	evaporaretz	evaporarén
	conditional 2nd form1	evaporèra	evaporèras	evaporèra	evaporeram	evaporeratz	evaporèran
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	evapori	evapores	evapore	evaporem	evaporetz	evaporen
	imperfect	evaporèssi	evaporèsses	evaporèsse	evaporèssem	evaporèssetz	evaporèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			evapora		evaporem	evaporatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Lemosin

		simple			compound
infinitive		evaporar			aver evaporat
gerund		evaporant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		evaporat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	evapore	evaporas	evapora	evaporam	evaporatz	evaporan
	imperfect	evaporava	evaporavas	evaporava	evaporàvam	evaporàvatz	evaporavan
	preterite	evaporei	evaporeras	evaporet	evaporèram	evaporèratz	evaporeran
	future	evaporarai	evaporaràs	evaporará	evaporarem	evaporaretz	evaporarán
	conditional	evaporariá	evaporariàs	evaporariá	evaporariam	evaporariatz	evaporarián
	conditional 2nd form1	evaporèra	evaporèras	evaporèra	evaporeram	evaporeratz	evaporèran
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	evapore	evapores	evapore	evaporem	evaporetz	evaporen
	imperfect	evaporèsse	evaporèsses	evaporèsse	evaporèssem	evaporèssetz	evaporèssen
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			evapora		evaporem	evaporatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

    Provençau

		simple			compound
infinitive		evaporar			aver evaporat
gerund		evaporant			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		evaporat			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	evapore	evapores	evapora	evaporam	evaporatz	evaporan
	imperfect	evaporavi	evaporavas	evaporava	evaporàvem	evaporàvetz	evaporavan
	preterite	evaporère	evaporères	evaporèt	evaporeriam	evaporeriatz	evaporèron
	future	evaporarai	evaporaràs	evaporarà	evaporarem	evaporaretz	evaporaràn
	conditional	evaporariáu	evaporariás	evaporariá	evaporariam	evaporariatz	evaporarián
	conditional 2nd form1	evaporèra	evaporèras	evaporèra	evaporeram	evaporeratz	evaporèran
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	evapore	evapores	evapore	evaporem	evaporetz	evaporan
	imperfect	evaporèsse	evaporèsses	evaporèsse	evaporessiam	evaporessiatz	evaporèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			evapora		evaporem	evaporatz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Related terms

• evaporacion

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Italic *kwapōs

Latin vapor

Latin -ō

Latin vapōrō

Latin ēvapōrārelbor.

Portuguese evaporar

Learned borrowing from Latin ēvapōrāre (“to evaporate”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.va.poˈɾa(ʁ)/ [e.va.poˈɾa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /e.va.poˈɾa(ʁ)/ [e.va.poˈɾa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /e.va.poˈɾa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /e.va.poˈɾa(ʁ)/ [e.va.poˈɾa(χ)]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /e.va.poˈɾa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vɐ.puˈɾaɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vɐ.puˈɾaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.bɐ.puˈɾaɾ/ [i.βɐ.puˈɾaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.vɐ.puˈɾa.ɾi/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: e‧va‧po‧rar

Verb

evaporar (first-person singular present evaporo, first-person singular preterite evaporei, past participle evaporado)

1. (chemistry) to evaporate

   A água evapora à temperatura de 100ºC ― Water evaporates at the temperature of 100ºC

2. (figuratively) to disappear, to vanish

   Synonyms: desaparecer, sumir

   O menino evaporou! ― The boy vanished!

Conjugation

    Conjugation of evaporar (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	evaporar
Personal	evaporar	evaporares	evaporar	evaporarmos	evaporardes	evaporarem
Gerund
	evaporando
Past participle
Masculine	evaporado			evaporados
Feminine	evaporada			evaporadas
Indicative
Present	evaporo	evaporas	evapora	evaporamos	evaporais	evaporam
Imperfect	evaporava	evaporavas	evaporava	evaporávamos	evaporáveis	evaporavam
Preterite	evaporei	evaporaste	evaporou	evaporamos1, evaporámos2	evaporastes	evaporaram
Pluperfect	evaporara	evaporaras	evaporara	evaporáramos	evaporáreis	evaporaram
Future	evaporarei	evaporarás	evaporará	evaporaremos	evaporareis	evaporarão
Conditional	evaporaria	evaporarias	evaporaria	evaporaríamos	evaporaríeis	evaporariam
Subjunctive
Present	evapore	evapores	evapore	evaporemos	evaporeis	evaporem
Imperfect	evaporasse	evaporasses	evaporasse	evaporássemos	evaporásseis	evaporassem
Future	evaporar	evaporares	evaporar	evaporarmos	evaporardes	evaporarem
Imperative
Affirmative		evapora	evapore	evaporemos	evaporai	evaporem
Negative (não)		não evapores	não evapore	não evaporemos	não evaporeis	não evaporem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Related terms

• evaporação

Further reading

• “evaporar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “evaporar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs

Proto-Italic *eks

Latin ex

Latin ex-

Proto-Italic *kwapōs

Latin vapor

Latin -ō

Latin vapōrō

Latin ēvapōrāre

Spanish evaporar

From Latin ēvapōrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ebapoˈɾaɾ/ [e.β̞a.poˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: e‧va‧po‧rar

Verb

evaporar (first-person singular present evaporo, first-person singular preterite evaporé, past participle evaporado)

1. (transitive or reflexive) to evaporate

Conjugation

    Conjugation of evaporar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			evaporar
gerund			evaporando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		evaporado		evaporada
		plural		evaporados		evaporadas
		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	evaporo	evaporastú evaporásvos	evapora	evaporamos	evaporáis	evaporan
	imperfect	evaporaba	evaporabas	evaporaba	evaporábamos	evaporabais	evaporaban
	preterite	evaporé	evaporaste	evaporó	evaporamos	evaporasteis	evaporaron
	future	evaporaré	evaporarás	evaporará	evaporaremos	evaporaréis	evaporarán
	conditional	evaporaría	evaporarías	evaporaría	evaporaríamos	evaporaríais	evaporarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	evapore	evaporestú evaporésvos2	evapore	evaporemos	evaporéis	evaporen
	imperfect (ra)	evaporara	evaporaras	evaporara	evaporáramos	evaporarais	evaporaran
	imperfect (se)	evaporase	evaporases	evaporase	evaporásemos	evaporaseis	evaporasen
	future1	evaporare	evaporares	evaporare	evaporáremos	evaporareis	evaporaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		evaporatú evaporávos	evapore	evaporemos	evaporad	evaporen
	negative		no evapores	no evapore	no evaporemos	no evaporéis	no evaporen

¹Rare; now chiefly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tuteo-form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of evaporar

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 evaporar	dative	evaporarme	evaporarte	evaporarle, evaporarse	evaporarnos	evaporaros	evaporarles, evaporarse
	accusative	evaporarme	evaporarte	evaporarlo, evaporarla, evaporarse	evaporarnos	evaporaros	evaporarlos, evaporarlas, evaporarse
with gerund evaporando	dative	evaporándome	evaporándote	evaporándole, evaporándose	evaporándonos	evaporándoos	evaporándoles, evaporándose
	accusative	evaporándome	evaporándote	evaporándolo, evaporándola, evaporándose	evaporándonos	evaporándoos	evaporándolos, evaporándolas, evaporándose
with informal second-person singular tuteo imperative evapora	dative	evapórame	evapórate	evapórale	evapóranos	not used	evapórales
	accusative	evapórame	evapórate	evapóralo, evapórala	evapóranos	not used	evapóralos, evapóralas
with informal second-person singular voseo imperative evaporá	dative	evaporame	evaporate	evaporale	evaporanos	not used	evaporales
	accusative	evaporame	evaporate	evaporalo, evaporala	evaporanos	not used	evaporalos, evaporalas
with formal second-person singular imperative evapore	dative	evapóreme	not used	evapórele, evapórese	evapórenos	not used	evapóreles
	accusative	evapóreme	not used	evapórelo, evapórela, evapórese	evapórenos	not used	evapórelos, evapórelas
with first-person plural imperative evaporemos	dative	not used	evaporémoste	evaporémosle	evaporémonos	evaporémoos	evaporémosles
	accusative	not used	evaporémoste	evaporémoslo, evaporémosla	evaporémonos	evaporémoos	evaporémoslos, evaporémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative evaporad	dative	evaporadme	not used	evaporadle	evaporadnos	evaporaos	evaporadles
	accusative	evaporadme	not used	evaporadlo, evaporadla	evaporadnos	evaporaos	evaporadlos, evaporadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative evaporen	dative	evapórenme	not used	evapórenle	evapórennos	not used	evapórenles, evapórense
	accusative	evapórenme	not used	evapórenlo, evapórenla	evapórennos	not used	evapórenlos, evapórenlas, evapórense

Derived terms

• evaporador

Related terms

• evaporación

Further reading

• “evaporar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025