are

Significado (Inglês)

1. second-person singular simple present of be
2. first-person plural simple present of be
3. second-person plural simple present of be
4. third-person plural simple present of be
5. present of be

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Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɑː(ɹ)/

From Middle English aren, from Old English earun, earon (“are”), reinforced by Old Norse plural forms in er- (displacing alternative Old English sind and bēoþ), from Proto-Germanic *arun (“(they) are”), from Proto-Germanic *esi/*izi (a form of Proto-Germanic *wesaną (“to be”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti (“is”). Cognate with Old Norse eru (“(they) are”) (> Icelandic eru (“(they) are”), Swedish äro (“(they) are”), Danish er (“(they) are”)), Old English eart (“(thou) art”). More at art.

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