teve

Meaning

third-person singular preterite indicative of ter

ter

1. (transitive) to have
2. (intransitive) to have
3. (transitive) to have
4. (transitive) to have
5. (transitive) to have
6. (transitive) to have
7. (transitive) to have
8. (transitive) to have
9. (transitive) to have
10. (Brazil, intransitive) to have
11. (auxiliary) to have
12. (auxiliary) See ter de, ter que.
13. (Brazil, impersonal, informal, transitive) there be (to exist, physically or abstractly)
14. (transitive) to give birth to
15. (transitive) to consider (assign some quality to)
16. (transitive) to go to; to interact

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈte.vi/

Etymology

From Latin tenuit, third person singular preterite indicative of tenēre. As with the other forms, the N was lost, resulting in teuit, which became tēvit. The I became an E to prevent confusion with tive, the first person singular preterite form of ter.

Sentences

O presidente do estado teve dois filhos .

The president of the state had two children.

" Você não teve que fazer nenhuma limpeza ?" ele disse .

“Didn't you have to do any cleaning?” he said.

O lançamento aéreo da bomba atômica em Hiroshima teve implicações devastadoras.

The airdrop of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima had devastating implications.