beber

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Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin bibere, present active infinitive of bibō (I drink).

Verb

beber

  1. to drink

Conjugation

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin bibere, present active infinitive of bibō (I drink).

Verb

beber (first-person singular indicative present bebo, past participle bebíu)

  1. to drink

Conjugation

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese beber, bever, from Latin bibere, present active infinitive of bibō (I drink).

Pronunciation

Verb

beber (first-person singular present bebo, first-person singular preterite bebín, past participle bebido)
beber (first-person singular present bebo, first-person singular preterite bebim or bebi, past participle bebido, reintegrationist norm)

  1. to drink
    Synonym: trincar

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References

  • beber” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • beber” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • beber” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • beber” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • beber” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese ꦧꦺꦧꦺꦂ (bébér, spread, opened out), from Old Javanese *wiwir (to extend, to expand, to spread out).

Pronunciation

Verb

bèbèr

  1. to spread out,
  2. to open up

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Latin

Etymology

Borrowing from a Germanic or Celtic language, both from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (whence Latin fiber).

Pronunciation

Noun

beber m (genitive bebrī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) beaver

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative beber bebrī
Genitive bebrī bebrōrum
Dative bebrō bebrīs
Accusative bebrum bebrōs
Ablative bebrō bebrīs
Vocative beber bebrī

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese beber, bever (to drink), from Latin bibere (to drink), from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti.

Cognate with Galician beber and Spanish beber, Catalan and Occitan beure, French boire, Italian bere and Romanian bea.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: be‧ber

Verb

beber (first-person singular present bebo, first-person singular preterite bebi, past participle bebido)

  1. (transitive) to drink (something)
    Ele está bebendo água.He is drinking water.
  2. (intransitive) to consume alcoholic beverages
    João bebeu muito na festa.John drank a lot at the party.
  3. (intransitive) to drink something
    Quero beber!I want to drink!

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Descendants

(Papiamentu bebe, bebi came separately from Portuguese beber and Kabuverdianu bebe.)

Romansch

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin bibō, bibere.

Verb

beber

  1. (Sutsilvan) to drink

Spanish

Sense 1

Etymology

From Old Spanish bever, inherited from Latin bibere, bibō, from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti. Cognate with Portuguese beber, Italian bere, French boire, Romanian bea. The modern spelling with intervocalic ⟨b⟩ replacing medieval ⟨v⟩ is due to Latin influence.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /beˈbeɾ/
  • Audio (Spain):(file)
  • Rhymes: -eɾ
  • Syllabification: be‧ber

Verb

beber (first-person singular present bebo, first-person singular preterite bebí, past participle bebido)

  1. (transitive) to drink
    Synonym: tomar
    Voy a beberme un vaso de agua
    I am going to drink (myself) a glass of water
  2. (transitive, figurative) to draw from (to be inspired by)
    Su narrativa bebe de lo personal
    Her narrative draws from personal (experience)

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