vir
Meaning
- (intransitive) to come (to move towards the speaker or the agent)
- (intransitive) to come; to arrive (to reach a destination, especially where the speaker is)
- (intransitive) to come (to manifest itself; to occur)
- (intransitive) to come (to be located in a certain position in a sequence)
- (intransitive) to come from; to be from (to have as one’s place of origin)
- (intransitive) to be caused by; to be due to
- to come back; to return
- (auxiliary) have/has been (forms the present perfect progressive aspect)
- (auxiliary) to end up (to eventually do)
- (colloquial,intransitive) to bitch; to whine (to complain, especially unnecessarily)
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvi(ʁ)/
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese viir~vĩir, from Latin venīre.
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New
ver
- (transitive) to see; to observe (to perceive with one’s eyes)
- (intransitive) to see (to be able to see; not to be blind or blinded)
- (figuratively,transitive) to see; to understand
- (transitive) to see; to notice; to realise (to come to a conclusion)
- (transitive) to check (to verify some fact or condition)
- (intransitive) to check (to consult [someone] for information)
- (transitive) to watch (to be part of the audience of a visual performance or broadcast)
- (transitive) to see; to visit
- (intransitive) to pay (to face negative consequences)
- (auxiliary,copulative,pronominal) to find oneself (to be in a given situation, especially unexpectedly)
- (Brazil,informal,transitive) to get (used when ordering something from a waiter or attendant)
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