servir

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to serve (to work as a servant for someone)
  2. (transitive) to serve (to worship a god)
  3. (transitive) to serve (to give out or place down food or drink)
  4. (intransitive) to serve (to be part of an armed force)
  5. (intransitive) to suffice; to do (to be good enough for a task)
  6. (intransitive) to be for (to have as its purpose or utility)

Frequency

B1
Hyphenated as
ser‧vir
Pronounced as (IPA)
/seʁˈvi(ʁ)/
Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese servir, from Latin servīre.

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