possuir

Sentences
Meaning

  1. to possess; to have; to own
  2. to have as a quality or characteristic
  3. to control; to hold (exercise influence over)
  4. to possess (to take control of someone’s body or mind in a supernatural manner)
  5. to overwhelm (to overpower emotionally)
  6. (proscribed) to have (to be related to)

Opposite of
carecer de, exorcisar
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/po.suˈi(ʁ)/
Etymology

From Latin possidēre, from potis (“able”) + sedeō (“sit”).

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