cavilar

From Latin cavillārī.

cavilar (first-person singular indicative present cavilo, past participle caviláu)

1. to reflect; think through

• “cavilar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “cavilar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Learned borrowing from Latin cavillārī. First attested in the 19th century.

• IPA^(key): [kɑβiˈlaɾ]

cavilar (first-person singular present cavilo, first-person singular preterite cavilei, past participle cavilado)

1. to reflect; to think through

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cavilar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “cavilar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cavilar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cavilar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Borrowed from Latin cavillārī.

• IPA^(key): /kabiˈlaɾ/ [ka.β̞iˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: ca‧vi‧lar

cavilar (first-person singular present cavilo, first-person singular preterite cavilé, past participle cavilado)

1. (transitive) to think (something) through; to reflect

   Synonym: reflexionar

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