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ceva.

food used to fatten animals

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsɛ.vɐ/Brazil/ˈsɛ.vɐ/Portugal/ˈsɛ.bɐ/Northern, Portugal[ˈsɛ.βɐ]Northern, Portugal
  1. food used to fatten animals

    feminine
  2. bait used to draw fish to a general area

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin cibus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cibāre Portuguese cevardeverb. Portuguese ceva Deverbal from cevar.

noun/ˈsɛ.vɐ/Brazil/ˈsɛ.vɐ/Portugal/ˈsɛ.bɐ/Northern, Portugal[ˈsɛ.βɐ]Northern, Portugal
  1. beer

    Brazil · colloquial · feminine
Where this word comes from

From cerveja.

verb/ˈsɛ.vɐ/Brazil/ˈsɛ.vɐ/Portugal/ˈsɛ.bɐ/Northern, Portugal[ˈsɛ.βɐ]Northern, Portugal
  1. inflection of cevar: third-person singular present indicative

    form-of · indicative · present · singular · third-person
  2. inflection of cevar: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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