ser

Meaning

Verb

1. (copulative) to be (to have the given quality), especially a quality that is intrinsic or not expected to change, contrasting with estar which denotes a temporary quality
2. (transitive) to be (to be an example or type of, or the same as)
3. (auxiliary) to be; forms the passive voice
4. (intransitive) to be; indicates a point in time
5. (intransitive) to be in (to be located in)
6. (intransitive) to be (to have as one’s place of origin)
7. (intransitive) to be (someone’s); to belong to
8. (intransitive) to be for; to be to (to have as its purpose)
9. (impersonal) to be supposed to; should; introduces an expected or demanded action
10. (transitive) to be; to cost (to be worth a given amount of money)
11. (intransitive) to happen; to take place; to occur
12. (intransitive) to be against or in favour of
13. (intransitive, poetic) to exist; to be
14. (impersonal, transitive) used for emphasis

Noun

being (a living creature)

Concepts

be

being

creature

organism

beast

fauna

get

animal

🐾

living being

be located

brute

exist

existence

happen

is

plant

🌱

suffice

wight

zooid

animate being

beingness

life form

alien

👽

be born yesterday

am

are

baby

👶

beastie

become

can

child

🧒

critter

debut

entity

Synonyms

estar

criatura

existir

criança

🧒

achar-se

besta

estar localizado

bicho

ente

organismo

estar

satisfazer

ser vivo

ter

bruto

entidade

fauna

lançado

animalselvagem

organinsmo

organismos

Existência

forma de vida

nascido ontem

acontecer

alimária

animal

🐾

atender

bastar

capaz

conseguir

existência

haver

poder

Translations

être

ser

essere

sein

zijn

ser

είμαι

sum

wezen

estar

ésser

créature

creatura

كَانَ

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈse(ʁ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: sum

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese ser, from Early Medieval Latin essere, from Latin esse. The forms sou (“I am”) and sois pl (“you are”) derive from a Vulgar Latin *sonō and *sutis.
Along the way, the verb absorbed Old Galician-Portuguese seer < Latin sedēre (“sit”). The latter supplied the present subjunctive of modern ser, where /-ʒ-/ reflects Late Latin /-(d)j-/, as in seja < sedeat).

Sentences

O que mais poderia ser ?

What else could it be?

Um acidente também pode ser uma ponte no caminho para a felicidade .

An accident can also be a bridge on the path to happiness.

Amor e tosse não podem ser escondidos .

Love and cough cannot be hidden.

A televisão pode torná-lo burro , mas também pode ser uma boa educação .

Television can make you dumb, but it can also be a good education.

Sua alma deve ser muito primitiva para entender essas coisas .

Your soul must be very primitive to understand these things.

" Só me ensine a ser o vento por alguns momentos ?", disse o garoto .

“Just teach me to be the wind for a few moments?” the boy said.