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servir.

to serve (to be a servant or worker; to render service)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

verb/seɾˈbiɾ/[seɾˈβ̞iɾ]
  1. to serve (to be a servant or worker; to render service)

    intransitive · transitive
    Es una empresa que sirve a los discapacitados.
  2. to serve (to be a servant for; to work for)

    intransitive · transitive
  3. to be of use, to be good for

    intransitive
    Hace diez años, la traducción automática no servía.
    Este cuchillo sirve para cortar el pan.
  4. to serve (to usefully take the place of something else)

    intransitive
    Sirve como recordatorio.
  5. to serve (to be in military service)

    intransitive
  6. to serve (to set down (food or drink) on the table to be eaten)

    intransitive · transitive
    El camarero nos sirvió la comida de otra mesa.
  7. to serve (to lead off with the first delivery over the net in tennis, volleyball, ping pong, badminton, etc.)

    intransitive
  8. to help oneself to (to take freely)

    reflexive
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ser- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *serwos Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *serweyéti Proto-Italic *serwijeti Proto-Italic *serwijit Proto-Italic *serwiō Latin servīre Spanish servir Inherited from Latin servīre.

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