teve

(Inglés)

third-person singular preterite indicative of ter

ter

  1. (transitive) to have
  2. (intransitive) to have
  3. (transitive) to have
  4. (transitive) to have
  5. (transitive) to have
  6. (transitive) to have
  7. (transitive) to have
  8. (transitive) to have
  9. (transitive) to have
  10. (Brazil, intransitive) to have
  11. (auxiliary) to have
  12. (auxiliary) See ter de, ter que.
  13. (Brazil, impersonal, informal, transitive) there be (to exist, physically or abstractly)
  14. (transitive) to give birth to
  15. (transitive) to consider (assign some quality to)
  16. (transitive) to go to; to interact

Frecuencia

A1
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈte.vi/
Etimoloxía (Inglés)

From Latin tenuit, third person singular preterite indicative of tenēre. As with the other forms, the N was lost, resulting in teuit, which became tēvit. The I became an E to prevent confusion with tive, the first person singular preterite form of ter.

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