pôr

Meaning

1. (transitive) to put; to place
2. (copulative,pronominal) to get (to position oneself into a given state)
3. (pronominal) to go
4. (intransitive,transitive) to lay (to produce and deposit an egg)
5. (pronominal) (of a celestial body) to set (to go below the horizon)
6. (transitive) to put on; to wear (to start to use an item of clothing)
7. (ditransitive) to make; to get (to cause to be in a given state)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpoʁ/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese põer (“to put”), from Latin pōnere, from Proto-Italic *pozinō. Cognate of Spanish poner, French pondre and Italian porre.

Sentences

Tudo isso aconteceu entre o nascer eo pôr do sol ? o menino pensou .

All this happened between sunrise and sunset? the boy thought.