servir

Meaning

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to serve (to be a servant or worker; to render service)
  2. (intransitive, transitive) to serve (to be a servant for; to work for)
  3. (intransitive) to be of use, to be good for
  4. (intransitive) to serve (to usefully take the place of something else)
  5. (intransitive) to serve (to be in military service)
  6. (intransitive, transitive) to serve (to set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten)
  7. (intransitive) to serve (to lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton, etc.)
  8. (reflexive) to help oneself to (to take freely)

Frequency

B2
Hyphenated as
ser‧vir
Pronounced as (IPA)
/seɾˈbiɾ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Latin servīre.

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