haver

Portuguese

/ɐ.ˈveɾ/, /a.ˈve(ʁ)/, /a.ˈve(ɹ)/, /a.ˈve(ɻ)/, /a.ˈve(h)/

verb
Definitions
  • shall; ought to; should forms a future tense, with a modal sense of compromise
  • (auxiliary) have forms the perfect aspect
  • (formal) there be; exist
  • (formal) there be; to happen; to occur
  • (archaic) to have; to own; to possess
  • to recover; to regain to obtain something that had been lost
  • (pronominal) to behave to conduct oneself well, on in a given manner
  • (impersonal) it have been ... since; ago indicates the time since something occurred

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese aver inherited from Latin habeō (have, hold, possess, keep, I have, own) derived from Proto-Italic *habēō derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʰh₁bʰ- (take, grab).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*gʰh₁bʰ-

Gloss

take, grab

Concept
Semantic Field

Possession

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Emoji

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