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sede.

thirst (feeling the need to drink something)

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈse.d͡ʒi/Brazil/ˈse.dɨ/Portugal[ˈse.ðɨ]Portugal/ˈse.dɨ/Portugal, Southern
  1. thirst (feeling the need to drink something)

    feminine
    Não tenho sede.
  2. thirst; craving (eager desire)

    feminine · figuratively
    Sede de vingança.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sede (“thirst”), from Latin sitis (“thirst”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰítis (“perishing, destruction, decrease”).

noun/ˈsɛ.d͡ʒi/Brazil/ˈsɛ.dɨ/Portugal[ˈsɛ.ðɨ]Portugal/ˈsɛ.dɨ/Portugal, Southern
  1. headquarters; seat (a building, office or place that serves as the centre of an organisation’s administration)

    feminine
    A sede da Comissão Europeia é em Bruxelas.
  2. see; diocese (domain under a bishop’s jurisdiction)

    feminine
  3. venue; host (a building or place where a given event is held)

    feminine
    Londres foi a sede dos Jogos Olímpicos de 2012.
Where this word comes from

From Latin sēdēs (“seat”); related to the Latin verb sedeo (“to sit”). Doublet of sé.

verb/ˈse.d͡ʒi/Brazil/ˈse.dɨ/Portugal[ˈse.ðɨ]Portugal/ˈse.dɨ/Portugal, Southern
  1. second-person plural imperative of ser

    form-of · imperative · plural · second-person
Where this word comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

verb/ˈsɛ.d͡ʒi/Brazil/ˈsɛ.dɨ/Portugal[ˈsɛ.ðɨ]Portugal/ˈsɛ.dɨ/Portugal, Southern
  1. inflection of sedar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of sedar: third-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · singular · third-person
Where this word comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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