vêm
Meaning
third-person plural present indicative of vir
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvẽj̃/
Etymology
Old Galician-Portuguese vẽen, from Latin veniunt. Cognate with Galician veñen and Spanish vienen. Also compare with têm.
New
vir
- (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)
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