velar

See also:vélar

English

Etymology

BorrowedfromLatinvēlāris,fromvēlum(“sail; veil, awning”).

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/ˈviːlə/,/ˈveɪlə/

• Audio(Southern England):

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• (US)enPR:vē'lər,vā'lər,IPA^(key):/ˈviːlɚ/,/ˈveɪlɚ/
• Rhymes:-iːlə(ɹ),-eɪlə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation:ve‧lar

Adjective

velar

1. (phonetics)Articulatedat thevelumor softpalate.
2. (mycology)Referring to aveilorvelum.

Derived terms

• labiovelar
• nonvelar
• velarity
• velar nasal
• velar pinch

Related terms

• velic

Translations

articulated at the soft palate

• Armenian:ետնալեզվային(hy)(etnalezvayin)
• Azerbaijani:damaqarxası
• Catalan:velar(ca)
• Czech:velární,zadopatrový,měkkopatrový
• Danish:velær
• Finnish:velaarinen(fi)
• Georgian:უკანასასისმიერი(uḳanasasismieri)
• Greek:υπερωικός(el)(yperoïkós)
• Icelandic:uppgómmæltur
• Italian:velare(it)
• Mongolian:хойгуур(mn)(xojguur)
• Polish:miękkopodniebienny,tylnojęzykowy,welarny
• Portuguese:velar(pt)
• Spanish:velar(es)

Noun

velar(pluralvelars)

1. (phonetics)A sound articulated at the soft palate.

Translations

a sound articulated at the soft palate

• Arabic:طَبَقِيّ(ṭabaqiyy)
• Armenian:ետնալեզվային(hy)(etnalezvayin)
• Catalan:velar(ca)f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Nhuyễn 齶 âm／Nhuyễn ngạc âm(ruǎn'èyīn)

• Danish:velar(da)c
• Dutch:velaar(nl)m
• Finnish:velaari(fi)
• French:vélaire(fr)f
• Georgian:ველარული(velaruli),უკანასასისმიერი(uḳanasasismieri)
• German:Velar(de)m,Gaumensegellaut(de)m
• Japanese:Nhuyễn khẩu cái âm(なんこうがいおん, nankōgaion)
• Portuguese:velar(pt)f
• Russian:веля́рный(ru)m(veljárnyj)(звук(zvuk)),задненёбный(ru)m(zadnenjóbnyj)(звук(zvuk)),заднеязы́чный(ru)(zadnejazýčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:једрѐнӣкm,меконепчаникm,стражњонепчаникm,вѐла̄рm

  Roman:jedrènīk(sh)m,mekonepčanikm,stražnjonepčanikm,vèlār(sh)m

• Welsh:felar

Further reading

• Velar consonanton Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Laver,Ravel,arvel,larve,laver,ravel,reval

Asturian

Adjective

velar(epicene,pluralvelares)

1. velar

Verb

velar

1. towatch over;tokeep an eye on
2. toinvigilate

Conjugation

Conjugation ofvelar

infinitive		velar
gerund		velando
past participle		mveláu,fvelada,nvelao,mplvelaos,fplvelaes
person		first singular yo	second singular tu	third singular él/elli	first plural nosotros/nós	second plural vosotros/vós	third plural ellos
indicative	present	velo	veles	vela	velamos	veláis	velen
	imperfect	velaba	velabes	velaba	velábemos,velábamos	velabeis,velabais	velaben
	preterite	velé	velasti,velesti	veló	velemos	velastis,velestis	velaron
	pluperfect	velare,velara	velares,velaras	velare,velara	veláremos,veláramos	velareis,velarais	velaren,velaran
	future	velaré	velarás	velará	velaremos	velaréis	velarán
	conditional	velaría	velaríes	velaría	velaríemos,velaríamos	velaríeis,velaríais	velaríen
subjunctive	present	vele	veles,velas	vele	velemos	veléis	velen,velan
	imperfect	velare,velara	velares,velaras	velare,velara	veláremos,veláramos	velareis,velarais	velaren,velaran
imperative		—	vela	—	—	velái	—

Catalan

Etymology 1

BorrowedfromLatinvēlāris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central)[bəˈlar]
• IPA^(key):(Balearic)[vəˈla]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[veˈlaɾ]

Adjective

velarmorf(masculine and feminine pluralvelars)

1. velar

Derived terms

• velaritzar

Noun

velarf(pluralvelars)

1. (linguistics)velar

Related terms

• vel

Etymology 2

BorrowedfromLatinvēlāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(Central)[bəˈla]
• IPA^(key):(Balearic)[vəˈla]
• IPA^(key):(Valencia)[veˈlaɾ]

Verb

velar(first-person singular presentvelo,first-person singular preteritevelí,past participlevelat);root stress:(Central)/ɛ/;(Balearic)/ə/;(Valencia)/e/

1. (transitive)toshroud,toveil

Conjugation

Conjugation ofvelar(first conjugation)

infinitive			velar
gerund			velant
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		velat		velada
		plural		velats		velades
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	velo	veles	vela	velem	veleu	velen
	imperfect	velava	velaves	velava	velàvem	velàveu	velaven
	future	velaré	velaràs	velarà	velarem	velareu	velaran
	preterite	velí	velares	velà	velàrem	velàreu	velaren
	conditional	velaria	velaries	velaria	velaríem	velaríeu	velarien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	veli	velis	veli	velem	veleu	velin
	imperfect	velés	velessis	velés	veléssim	veléssiu	velessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	vela	veli	velem	veleu	velin
	negative(no)	—	novelis	noveli	novelem	noveleu	novelin

Related terms

• vel

Further reading

• “velar”inDiccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició,Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “velar”,inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2024
• “velar”inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “velar”inDiccionari català-valencià-balear,Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Danish

Noun

velarc(singular definitevelaren,plural indefinitevelarer)

1. velar

Declension

Declension ofvelar

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	velar	velaren	velarer	velarerne
genitive	velars	velarens	velarers	velarernes

Further reading

• “velar”inDen Danske Ordbog

Galician

Etymology 1

FromOld Galician-Portuguesevelar(13th century,Cantigas de Santa Maria), fromLatinvigilāre,present active infinitive ofvigilō.Doubletofvixiar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[beˈlaɾ]

Verb

velar(first-person singular presentvelo,first-person singular preteritevelei,past participlevelado)

1. to keepvigil
2. towatch over

   Synonyms:gardar,vixiar

3. (transitive)tospy,stalk

   Synonyms:agaitar,axexar,espreitar

4. (intransitive)toprotect;todefend[withpor‘especially something abstract, such as reputation’]

   Synonym:gardar

Conjugation

Conjugation ofvelar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el/ela/Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	velar
Personal	velar	velares	velar	velarmos	velardes	velaren
Gerund
	velando
Past participle
Masculine	velado			velados
Feminine	velada			veladas
Indicative
Present	velo	velas	vela	velamos	velades	velan
Imperfect	velaba	velabas	velaba	velabamos	velabades	velaban
Preterite	velei	velaches	velou	velamos	velastes	velaron
Pluperfect	velara	velaras	velara	velaramos	velarades	velaran
Future	velarei	velarás	velará	velaremos	velaredes	velarán
Conditional	velaría	velarías	velaría	velariamos	velariades	velarían
Subjunctive
Present	vele	veles	vele	velemos	veledes	velen
Imperfect	velase	velases	velase	velásemos	velásedes	velasen
Future	velar	velares	velar	velarmos	velardes	velaren
Imperative
Affirmative		vela	vele	velemos	velade	velen
Negative(non)		nonveles	nonvele	nonvelemos	nonveledes	nonvelen

Reintegrated conjugation ofvelar(SeeAppendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	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	velar
Personal	velar	velares	velar	velarmos	velardes	velarem
Gerund
	velando
Past participle
Masculine	velado			velados
Feminine	velada			veladas
Indicative
Present	velo	velas	vela	velamos	velades,velais	velam
Imperfect	velava	velavas	velava	velávamos	velávades,veláveis,velávais1	velavam
Preterite	velei	velaste,velache1	velou	velamos	velastes	velárom,velaram
Pluperfect	velara	velaras	velara	veláramos	velárades,veláreis,velárais1	velaram
Future	velarei	velarás	velará	velaremos	velaredes,velareis	velarám,velarão
Conditional	velaria	velarias	velaria	velaríamos	velaríades,velaríeis,velaríais1	velariam
Subjunctive
Present	vele	veles	vele	velemos	veledes,veleis	velem
Imperfect	velasse	velasses	velasse	velássemos	velássedes,velásseis	velassem
Future	velar	velares	velar	velarmos	velardes	velarem
Imperative
Affirmative		vela	vele	velemos	velade,velai	velem
Negative(nom)		nomveles	nomvele	nomvelemos	nomveledes,nomveleis	nomvelem

¹Less recommended.

Etymology 2

Fromvela(“sail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[beˈlaɾ]

Verb

velar(first-person singular presentvelo,first-person singular preteritevelei,past participlevelado)

1. toemergewhen the tide ebbs

Conjugation

Conjugation ofvelar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el/ela/Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	velar
Personal	velar	velares	velar	velarmos	velardes	velaren
Gerund
	velando
Past participle
Masculine	velado			velados
Feminine	velada			veladas
Indicative
Present	velo	velas	vela	velamos	velades	velan
Imperfect	velaba	velabas	velaba	velabamos	velabades	velaban
Preterite	velei	velaches	velou	velamos	velastes	velaron
Pluperfect	velara	velaras	velara	velaramos	velarades	velaran
Future	velarei	velarás	velará	velaremos	velaredes	velarán
Conditional	velaría	velarías	velaría	velariamos	velariades	velarían
Subjunctive
Present	vele	veles	vele	velemos	veledes	velen
Imperfect	velase	velases	velase	velásemos	velásedes	velasen
Future	velar	velares	velar	velarmos	velardes	velaren
Imperative
Affirmative		vela	vele	velemos	velade	velen
Negative(non)		nonveles	nonvele	nonvelemos	nonveledes	nonvelen

Reintegrated conjugation ofvelar(SeeAppendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	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	velar
Personal	velar	velares	velar	velarmos	velardes	velarem
Gerund
	velando
Past participle
Masculine	velado			velados
Feminine	velada			veladas
Indicative
Present	velo	velas	vela	velamos	velades,velais	velam
Imperfect	velava	velavas	velava	velávamos	velávades,veláveis,velávais1	velavam
Preterite	velei	velaste,velache1	velou	velamos	velastes	velárom,velaram
Pluperfect	velara	velaras	velara	veláramos	velárades,veláreis,velárais1	velaram
Future	velarei	velarás	velará	velaremos	velaredes,velareis	velarám,velarão
Conditional	velaria	velarias	velaria	velaríamos	velaríades,velaríeis,velaríais1	velariam
Subjunctive
Present	vele	veles	vele	velemos	veledes,veleis	velem
Imperfect	velasse	velasses	velasse	velássemos	velássedes,velásseis	velassem
Future	velar	velares	velar	velarmos	velardes	velarem
Imperative
Affirmative		vela	vele	velemos	velade,velai	velem
Negative(nom)		nomveles	nomvele	nomvelemos	nomveledes,nomveleis	nomvelem

¹Less recommended.

Etymology 3

Learned borrowingfromLatinvēlāris,corresponding tovelo(“velum”)+‎-ar.

Adjective

velarmorf(pluralvelares)

1. (phonetics)velar(articulated at the soft palate)

Noun

velarf(pluralvelares)

1. (phonetics)velar(a consonant articulated at the soft palate)

Etymology 4

FromLatinvēlāre,present active infinitive ofvēlō.

Verb

velar(first-person singular presentvelo,first-person singular preteritevelei,past participlevelado)

1. toveil(cover with a veil)
2. toveil;toconceal;tohide

   Synonyms:esconder,ocultar

3. to damage photographicfilmdue to excessive light

Conjugation

Conjugation ofvelar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el/ela/Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles/elas/Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	velar
Personal	velar	velares	velar	velarmos	velardes	velaren
Gerund
	velando
Past participle
Masculine	velado			velados
Feminine	velada			veladas
Indicative
Present	velo	velas	vela	velamos	velades	velan
Imperfect	velaba	velabas	velaba	velabamos	velabades	velaban
Preterite	velei	velaches	velou	velamos	velastes	velaron
Pluperfect	velara	velaras	velara	velaramos	velarades	velaran
Future	velarei	velarás	velará	velaremos	velaredes	velarán
Conditional	velaría	velarías	velaría	velariamos	velariades	velarían
Subjunctive
Present	vele	veles	vele	velemos	veledes	velen
Imperfect	velase	velases	velase	velásemos	velásedes	velasen
Future	velar	velares	velar	velarmos	velardes	velaren
Imperative
Affirmative		vela	vele	velemos	velade	velen
Negative(non)		nonveles	nonvele	nonvelemos	nonveledes	nonvelen

Reintegrated conjugation ofvelar(SeeAppendix:Reintegrationism)

	Singular			Plural
	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	velar
Personal	velar	velares	velar	velarmos	velardes	velarem
Gerund
	velando
Past participle
Masculine	velado			velados
Feminine	velada			veladas
Indicative
Present	velo	velas	vela	velamos	velades,velais	velam
Imperfect	velava	velavas	velava	velávamos	velávades,veláveis,velávais1	velavam
Preterite	velei	velaste,velache1	velou	velamos	velastes	velárom,velaram
Pluperfect	velara	velaras	velara	veláramos	velárades,veláreis,velárais1	velaram
Future	velarei	velarás	velará	velaremos	velaredes,velareis	velarám,velarão
Conditional	velaria	velarias	velaria	velaríamos	velaríades,velaríeis,velaríais1	velariam
Subjunctive
Present	vele	veles	vele	velemos	veledes,veleis	velem
Imperfect	velasse	velasses	velasse	velássemos	velássedes,velásseis	velassem
Future	velar	velares	velar	velarmos	velardes	velarem
Imperative
Affirmative		vela	vele	velemos	velade,velai	velem
Negative(nom)		nomveles	nomvele	nomvelemos	nomveledes,nomveleis	nomvelem

¹Less recommended.

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo(2006–2022) “velar”,inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “velar”,inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,editor (2006–2013), “velar”,inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega[Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,editors (2003–2018), “velar”,inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco,editor (2014–2024), “velar”,inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués(in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN
• “velar”inDicionário Estraviz de galego(2014).

German

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/veˈlaːɐ̯/
• Hyphenation:ve‧lar

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

velar(strong nominative masculine singularvelarer,not comparable)

1. velar

Declension

Positive forms ofvelar(uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		eristvelar	sieistvelar	esistvelar	siesindvelar
strong declension (without article)	nominative	velarer	velare	velares	velare
	genitive	velaren	velarer	velaren	velarer
	dative	velarem	velarer	velarem	velaren
	accusative	velaren	velare	velares	velare
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	dervelare	dievelare	dasvelare	dievelaren
	genitive	desvelaren	dervelaren	desvelaren	dervelaren
	dative	demvelaren	dervelaren	demvelaren	denvelaren
	accusative	denvelaren	dievelare	dasvelare	dievelaren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	einvelarer	einevelare	einvelares	(keine)velaren
	genitive	einesvelaren	einervelaren	einesvelaren	(keiner)velaren
	dative	einemvelaren	einervelaren	einemvelaren	(keinen)velaren
	accusative	einenvelaren	einevelare	einvelares	(keine)velaren

Derived terms

• Velar

Further reading

• “velar”inDudenonline
• “velar”inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Piedmontese

Adjective

velar

1. velar

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Learned borrowingfromLatinvēlāris,corresponding tovelo(“velum”)+‎-ar.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/veˈlaʁ/[veˈlah]

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/veˈlaʁ/[veˈlah]
  • (São Paulo)IPA^(key):/veˈlaɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro)IPA^(key):/veˈlaʁ/[veˈlaχ]
  • (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key):/veˈlaɻ/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/vɨˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/vɨˈlaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal)IPA^(key):/bɨˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal)IPA^(key):/vɨˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation:ve‧lar

Adjective

velarmorf(pluralvelares)

1. (phonetics)velar(articulated at the soft palate)

Noun

velarf(pluralvelares)

1. (phonetics)velar(a consonant articulated at the soft palate)

Etymology 2

Learned borrowingfromLatinvēlāre.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/veˈla(ʁ)/[veˈla(h)]

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/veˈla(ʁ)/[veˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo)IPA^(key):/veˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro)IPA^(key):/veˈla(ʁ)/[veˈla(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key):/veˈla(ɻ)/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/vɨˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/vɨˈlaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal)IPA^(key):/bɨˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal)IPA^(key):/vɨˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation:ve‧lar

Verb

velar(first-person singular presentvelo,first-person singular preteritevelei,past participlevelado)

1. toveil(cover with a veil)
2. toveil;toconceal;tohide

   Synonyms:esconder,ocultar

3. to damage photographicfilmdue to excessive light

   Synonym:queimar

Conjugation

Conjugation ofvelar(SeeAppendix: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	velar
Personal	velar	velares	velar	velarmos	velardes	velarem
Gerund
	velando
Past participle
Masculine	velado			velados
Feminine	velada			veladas
Indicative
Present	velo	velas	vela	velamos	velais	velam
Imperfect	velava	velavas	velava	velávamos	veláveis	velavam
Preterite	velei	velaste	velou	velamos1,velámos2	velastes	velaram
Pluperfect	velara	velaras	velara	veláramos	veláreis	velaram
Future	velarei	velarás	velará	velaremos	velareis	velarão
Conditional	velaria	velarias	velaria	velaríamos	velaríeis	velariam
Subjunctive
Present	vele	veles	vele	velemos	veleis	velem
Imperfect	velasse	velasses	velasse	velássemos	velásseis	velassem
Future	velar	velares	velar	velarmos	velardes	velarem
Imperative
Affirmative		vela	vele	velemos	velai	velem
Negative(não)		nãoveles	nãovele	nãovelemos	nãoveleis	nãovelem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• velado

Etymology 3

FromOld Galician-Portuguese[Term?],fromLatinvigilāre.Compare with its doubletsvigiarandvigilar.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/veˈla(ʁ)/[veˈla(h)]

• (Brazil)IPA^(key):/veˈla(ʁ)/[veˈla(h)]
  • (São Paulo)IPA^(key):/veˈla(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro)IPA^(key):/veˈla(ʁ)/[veˈla(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil)IPA^(key):/veˈla(ɻ)/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/vɨˈlaɾ/

• (Portugal)IPA^(key):/vɨˈlaɾ/
  • (Northern Portugal)IPA^(key):/bɨˈlaɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal)IPA^(key):/vɨˈla.ɾi/

• Hyphenation:ve‧lar

Verb

velar(first-person singular presentvelo,first-person singular preteritevelei,past participlevelado)

1. to keep avigil(overnight watch over a deceased or dying person)
2. toprotect;todefend(especially something abstract, such as reputation)

   Synonyms:defender,proteger,zelar

Conjugation

Conjugation ofvelar(SeeAppendix: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	velar
Personal	velar	velares	velar	velarmos	velardes	velarem
Gerund
	velando
Past participle
Masculine	velado			velados
Feminine	velada			veladas
Indicative
Present	velo	velas	vela	velamos	velais	velam
Imperfect	velava	velavas	velava	velávamos	veláveis	velavam
Preterite	velei	velaste	velou	velamos1,velámos2	velastes	velaram
Pluperfect	velara	velaras	velara	veláramos	veláreis	velaram
Future	velarei	velarás	velará	velaremos	velareis	velarão
Conditional	velaria	velarias	velaria	velaríamos	velaríeis	velariam
Subjunctive
Present	vele	veles	vele	velemos	veleis	velem
Imperfect	velasse	velasses	velasse	velássemos	velásseis	velassem
Future	velar	velares	velar	velarmos	velardes	velarem
Imperative
Affirmative		vela	vele	velemos	velai	velem
Negative(não)		nãoveles	nãovele	nãovelemos	nãoveleis	nãovelem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• velório

Romanian

Etymology

BorrowedfromFrenchvélaire.

Adjective

velarmorn(feminine singularvelară,masculine pluralvelari,feminine and neuter pluralvelare)

1. velar

Declension

Declension ofvelar

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	velar		velară	velari	velare
	definite	velarul		velara	velarii	velarele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	velar		velare	velari	velare
	definite	velarului		velarei	velarilor	velarelor

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

vèlārm(Cyrillic spellingвѐла̄р)

1. avelar

   Synonyms:jedrènīk,mekonepčanik,stražnjonepčanik

Declension

Declension ofvelar

	singular	plural
nominative	velar	velari
genitive	velara	velara
dative	velaru	velarima
accusative	velar	velare
vocative	velare	velari
locative	velaru	velarima
instrumental	velarom	velarima

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/beˈlaɾ/[beˈlaɾ]
• Rhymes:-aɾ
• Syllabification:ve‧lar

Etymology 1

BorrowedfromLatinvēlāris,fromvēlum.

Adjective

velarmorf(masculine and feminine pluralvelares)

1. velar

Etymology 2

InheritedfromOld Spanishvelar,fromvelo,or fromLatinvēlāre,fromvēlum.

Verb

velar(first-person singular presentvelo,first-person singular preteritevelé,past participlevelado)

1. toveil
2. (information)toconceal,cover,hide
3. (photography)tofog

Conjugation

Conjugation ofvelar(SeeAppendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			velar
gerund			velando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		velado		velada
		plural		velados		veladas
		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	velo	velastú velásvos	vela	velamos	veláis	velan
	imperfect	velaba	velabas	velaba	velábamos	velabais	velaban
	preterite	velé	velaste	veló	velamos	velasteis	velaron
	future	velaré	velarás	velará	velaremos	velaréis	velarán
	conditional	velaría	velarías	velaría	velaríamos	velaríais	velarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	vele	velestú velésvos2	vele	velemos	veléis	velen
	imperfect (ra)	velara	velaras	velara	veláramos	velarais	velaran
	imperfect (se)	velase	velases	velase	velásemos	velaseis	velasen
	future1	velare	velares	velare	veláremos	velareis	velaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		velatú velávos	vele	velemos	velad	velen
	negative		noveles	novele	novelemos	noveléis	novelen

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayanvoseoprefers thetúform for the present subjunctive.

Selected combined forms ofvelar

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 infinitivevelar
	dative	velarme	velarte	velarle,velarse	velarnos	velaros	velarles,velarse
	accusative	velarme	velarte	velarlo,velarla,velarse	velarnos	velaros	velarlos,velarlas,velarse
with gerundvelando
	dative	velándome	velándote	velándole,velándose	velándonos	velándoos	velándoles,velándose
	accusative	velándome	velándote	velándolo,velándola,velándose	velándonos	velándoos	velándolos,velándolas,velándose
with informal second-person singulartúimperativevela
	dative	vélame	vélate	vélale	vélanos	not used	vélales
	accusative	vélame	vélate	vélalo,vélala	vélanos	not used	vélalos,vélalas
with informal second-person singularvosimperativevelá
	dative	velame	velate	velale	velanos	not used	velales
	accusative	velame	velate	velalo,velala	velanos	not used	velalos,velalas
with formal second-person singular imperativevele
	dative	véleme	not used	vélele,vélese	vélenos	not used	véleles
	accusative	véleme	not used	vélelo,vélela,vélese	vélenos	not used	vélelos,vélelas
with first-person plural imperativevelemos
	dative	not used	velémoste	velémosle	velémonos	velémoos	velémosles
	accusative	not used	velémoste	velémoslo,velémosla	velémonos	velémoos	velémoslos,velémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperativevelad
	dative	veladme	not used	veladle	veladnos	velaos	veladles
	accusative	veladme	not used	veladlo,veladla	veladnos	velaos	veladlos,veladlas
with formal second-person plural imperativevelen
	dative	vélenme	not used	vélenle	vélennos	not used	vélenles,vélense
	accusative	vélenme	not used	vélenlo,vélenla	vélennos	not used	vélenlos,vélenlas,vélense

Derived terms

• desvelar
• develar
• revelar

Related terms

• vela
• velamen

Etymology 3

InheritedfromOld Spanish,fromLatinvigilāre.Compare the borrowed doubletvigilar.

Verb

velar(first-person singular presentvelo,first-person singular preteritevelé,past participlevelado)

1. towatch,guard
2. to bevigilant
3. toensure,tosee to,toguarantee(+por)
4. tolook after,tolook outfor, towatch over,tomonitor(+por)
5. tosit up(with an ill person)
6. tokeep vigil(over a dead person)
7. (intransitive)tostayawake
8. (reflexive)to beensured(+por)

Conjugation

same as other etymology verb

Related terms

• vela
• velación
• velador
• vigilar

See also

• candela
• cirio

Further reading

• “velar”,inDiccionario de la lengua española[Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition,Royal Spanish Academy,2014 October 16

Swedish

Etymology 1

FromLatinvēlāris,fromvēlum.

Adjective

velar(comparativevelarare,superlativevelarast)

1. (phonetics)velar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the correspondinglemmaform.

Verb

velar

1. presentindicativeofvela

Anagrams

• alver,levar