é
Meaning
-
third-person singular present indicative of ser
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɛ/
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese é, from Latin est.
New
ser
-
- (copulative) to be (to have the given quality), especially a quality that is intrinsic or not expected to change, contrasting with estar which denotes a temporary quality
- (transitive) to be (to be an example or type of, or the same as)
- (auxiliary) to be; forms the passive voice
- (intransitive) to be; indicates a point in time
- (intransitive) to be in (to be located in)
- (intransitive) to be (to have as one’s place of origin)
- (intransitive) to be (someone’s); to belong to
- (intransitive) to be for; to be to (to have as its purpose)
- (impersonal) to be supposed to; should; introduces an expected or demanded action
- (transitive) to be; to cost (to be worth a given amount of money)
- (intransitive) to happen; to take place; to occur
- (intransitive) to be against or in favour of
- (intransitive,poetic) to exist; to be
- (impersonal,transitive) used for emphasis
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Sentences
Não é suficiente .
This is not enough.