resolver

From resolve + -er.

resolver (plural resolvers)

1. One who or that which resolves.

   Synonyms: solver, solvent; problemsolver

   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 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.

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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 (“to release”), from re- (“again”) + solvō (“to loosen, to unbind”).

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• Hyphenation: re‧sol‧ver

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

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

   Synonyms: decifrar, solucionar, solver

   Você conseguiu resolver o problema?

   Could you solve the problem?

2. (catenative) to decide [with infinitive ‘to do something’]

   Synonyms: decidir, deliberar, determinar, escolher

   Resolvi ir embora. ― I decided to leave.

3. (catenative, pronominal) to decide [with a (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]

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

4. (transitive) to dissolve; to dissipate

   Synonyms: desfazer, dissipar, dissolver, solver

5. (transitive) to annul (to formally revoke the validity of)

   Synonyms: abolir, anular, desfazer, invalidar

6. (pronominal) to fade away
7. (pronominal) to consist [with em ‘in something’]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:resolver.

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

Borrowed from Latin resolvere. Cognate with English resolve.

• IPA^(key): /resolˈbeɾ/ [re.solˈβ̞eɾ]

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• Rhymes: -eɾ
• Syllabification: re‧sol‧ver

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

1. to resolve, to sort out, to settle, to address, to tackle, to overcome, to iron out

   Synonym: solver (archaic)

   Eso lo resuelve. ― That settles it.

2. to solve, to figure out, to work out, to crack

   Synonym: solver (archaic)

3. to decide
4. to meet (e.g. demands, needs, requirements)

• “resolver”, 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