há

Meaning

(form-of,indicative,present,singular,third-person) inflection of haver:
(form-of,imperative,second-person,singular) inflection of haver:

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈa/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese á, from Vulgar Latin *at, from Latin habet.

New

haver

1. (auxiliary) shall; ought to; should (forms a future tense, with a modal sense of compromise)
2. (auxiliary,formal,past) have; forms the perfect aspect
3. (archaic,auxiliary) have; forms the perfect aspect
4. (impersonal,transitive) there be; exist
5. (impersonal,transitive) there be; to happen; to occur
6. (archaic,transitive) to have; to own; to possess
7. (Brazil,transitive) to recover; to regain (to obtain something that had been lost)
8. (pronominal) to behave (to conduct oneself well, on in a given manner)
9. (impersonal,transitive) it has been ... since; ago (indicates the time since something occurred)

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Sentences

Por amor
❤️

, não
🚫

há tempo
⌚

demais .

For love, there's not too much time.

Onde há vontade , há um
1

caminho
🛣️

.

Where there's a will, there's a way.

Para a

morte
💀

doente
🤢

, não
🚫

há médicos .

For sick death, there are no doctors.

" Não
🚫

há vinho
🍷

neste país ?", disse o

jovem .

“Is there no wine in this country?” the young man said.

Ninguém sabe o que há por trás desse portão .

No one knows what's behind that gate.

Há algo neste site .

There's something on this site.

Não
🚫

há frango gordo por pouco dinheiro
💸

.

There is no fatty chicken for little money.

Há muitas notas falsas por aí .

There are a lot of fake bills out there.

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