behave

(Anglès)

  1. (reflexive) To conduct (oneself) well, or in a given way; to conform.
  2. (intransitive) To act, conduct oneself in a specific manner; used with an adverbial of manner.
  3. (obsolete, transitive) To conduct, manage, regulate (something).
  4. (intransitive) To act in a polite or proper way.

Freqüència

B2
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/bɪˈheɪv/
Etimologia (Anglès)

In summary

From Middle English behaven, bihabben (“to restrain, behave”), from Old English behabban (“to surround, embrace, hold, contain, hold back, withhold, restrain”), from Proto-West Germanic *bihabbjan, equivalent to be- + have. Cognate with Middle Low German behebben, behāven (“to receive, acquire, reach, keep”), Low German behebben (“to act, behave”), German behaben (“to behave”).

Related words

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portar-se

sortir-se’n

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zich gedragen

se conduire

sich verhalten

συμπεριφέρομαι

comportar-se

se comporter

comportarsi bene

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