resolver

resolve +‎ -er.

resolver (plural resolvers)

1. One who or that which resolves.

   Courts are resolvers of disputes.

   On the Internet, a DNS resolver maps domain names to IP addresses.

2. A device whose electrical output is proportional to the angular position of an object such as a rotor.

Borrowed from Latin resolvere, present active infinitive of resolvō as if it were a first group verb. Compare the inherited résoudre.

resolver

1. (reflexive, se resolver) to resolve oneself; to become resolved
   • 1377, Bernard de Gordon, Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine), page 156 of this essay:

     Fleume toumente fort car la matiere est moulte visqueuse et pour ce elle se resolve legierement et interpole petit car l’umeur est moult apre et l’est a putrefaction pour cause d’umidité.

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

From Latin resolvere, present active infinitive of resolvō (“I release”), from re- (“again”) + solvō (“I loosen, I unbind”).

• (Paulista) IPA^(key): /ˌʁe.zow.ˈve(ɹ)/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌhe.zow.ˈve(ɻ)/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɨ.zoɫ.ˈveɾ/
• Hyphenation: re‧sol‧ver

resolver (first-person singular present indicative resolvo, past participle resolvido)

1. (transitive) to solve (to find an answer or solution)

   Você conseguiu resolver o problema?

   Could you solve the problem?

2. (optionally takes a reflexive pronoun, auxiliary with a and a verb in the impersonal infinitive) to decide to do something

   Resolvi-me a ir embora. ― I decided to leave.

   Resolvi ir embora. ― I decided to leave.

3. (transitive) to dissolve; to dissipate
4. (transitive) to annul (to formally revoke the validity of)
5. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to fade away
6. (takes a reflexive pronoun, transitive with em) to consist

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:resolver.

• (to solve): decifrar, solucionar, solver
• (to decide): decidir, deliberar, determinar, escolher
• (to dissipate): desfazer, dissipar, dissolver, solver
• (to annul): abolir, anular, desfazer, invalidar

From Latin resolvere, present active infinitive of resolvō.

resolver (first-person singular present resuelvo, first-person singular preterite resolví, past participle resuelto)

1. to solve
2. to decide

• Rule: o becomes a ue in stressed syllables. Irregular in the past participle.