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vir.

to come (to move towards the speaker or the agent)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈvi(ʁ)/Brazil[ˈvi(h)]Brazil/ˈvi(ɾ)/São-Paulo/ˈvi(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. to come (to move towards the speaker or the agent)

    intransitive
    Ele veio me cumprimentar.
  2. to come; to arrive (to reach a destination, especially where the speaker is)

    intransitive
    Venha antes das seis se quiser jantar.
  3. to come (to manifest itself; to occur)

    intransitive
    Os meses vêm e vão.
  4. to come (to be located in a certain position in a sequence)

    intransitive
    A palavra coçar vem depois de cocar no dicionário.
  5. to come from; to be from (to have as one’s place of origin)

    intransitive
    Eles vêm de vários países.
    Estas botas são porcarias e baratas porque vêm da China.
  6. to be caused by; to be due to

    intransitive
    Meu sofrimento vem das misérias da vida.
  7. to come back; to return

    Quando que o pai vem das férias?
  8. have/has been (forms the present perfect progressive aspect)

    auxiliary
    Eu venho comendo pizza todos os dias.
  9. to end up (to eventually do)

    auxiliary
    Meu irmão veio a se tornar padre.
  10. to bitch; to whine (to complain, especially unnecessarily)

    colloquial · intransitive
    Não venha com essa.
    Nem me venhas.
  11. to cum; to come (to achieve orgasm)

    often · reflexive · slang · vulgar
    Não pares, vou-me vir!
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese viir~vĩir, from Latin venīre. The sense of “to achieve orgasm” is probably a semantic loan from English come.

verb/ˈvi(ʁ)/Brazil[ˈvi(h)]Brazil/ˈvi(ɾ)/São-Paulo/ˈvi(ʁ)/Rio-de-Janeiro
  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of ver

    first-person · form-of · future · singular · subjunctive · third-person
Where this word comes from

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