dever

Significado

Verb

1. should (indicates that an action is considered by the speaker to be obligatory)
2. ought (indicates that the subject of the sentence has some obligation to execute the sentence predicate.)
3. will likely (indicates that the subject of the sentence is likely to execute the sentence predicate.)
4. owe (to be in debt.)

Noun

1. (masculine) duty (that which one is morally or legally obligated to do)
2. (dated,in-plural,masculine) homework

Hifenizado como

de‧ver

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/deˈve(ʁ)/

Etimologia

From Old Galician-Portuguese dever, from Latin dēbēre (“to owe”).

Frases

Tranquilidade é o primeiro dever dos cidadãos .

Tranquility is the first duty of citizens.