cavil [ˈkævɪl] cavilled caviled (US)
cavil
∗cavil
(pt & pp caviled, caviled)
[ˈkævɪl] verbo intransitivo
1poner reparos (Literary) (Estados Unidos)(at a)
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cavil [ka-vil]
sustantivo
1Efugio, evasión, cavilación, sofistería, vanas sutilezas, quisquillas: triquiñuelas en el juego; trampa legal.
verbo neutro (intransitivo)
1Cavilar, querer hallar dificultades donde no las hay: armar pleitos o enredos; sutilizar o buscar escapatorias para salir de alguna dificultad. (n)
sustantivo
2(GB) To cavil at/about something, ponerle reparos a algo.
Buscar quisquilla-va. Poner faltas quisquillosamente.
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Verb Conjugation for "cavil"
Imperative
- cavil
- you cavil
- he/she cavils
- we cavil
- you cavil
- they cavil
Preterite
- I cavilled
- you cavilled
- he/she cavilled
- we cavilled
- you cavilled
- they cavilled
Present Continuous
- I am cavilling
- you are cavilling
- he/she is cavilling
- we are cavilling
- you are cavilling
- they are cavilling
Present Perfect
- I have cavilled
- you have cavilled
- he/she has cavilled
- we have cavilled
- you have cavilled
- they have cavilled
Past Continuous
- I was cavilling
- you were cavilling
- he/she was cavilling
- we were cavilling
- you were cavilling
- they were cavilling
Past Perfect
- I had cavilled
- you had cavilled
- he/she had cavilled
- we had cavilled
- you had cavilled
- they had cavilled
Future
- I will cavil
- you will cavil
- he/she will cavil
- we will cavil
- you will cavil
- they will cavil
Future Perfect
- I will have cavilled
- you will have cavilled
- he/she will have cavilled
- we will have cavilled
- you will have cavilled
- they will have cavilled
Future Continuous
- I will be cavilling
- you will be cavilling
- he/she will be cavilling
- we will be cavilling
- you will be cavilling
- they will be cavilling
Present Perfect Continuous
- I have been cavilling
- you have been cavilling
- he/she has been cavilling
- we have been cavilling
- you have been cavilling
- they have been cavilling
Future Perfect Continuous
- I will have been cavilling
- you will have been cavilling
- he/she will have been cavilling
- we will have been cavilling
- you will have been cavilling
- they will have been cavilling
Past Perfect Continuous
- I had been cavilling
- you had been cavilling
- he/she had been cavilling
- we had been cavilling
- you had been cavilling
- they had been cavilling
