Aragonese

Verb

beber

1. to drink

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin bibere, present active infinitive of bibō ‎(“I drink”).

Verb

beber

1. to drink

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Portuguese beber, bever, from Latin bibere, present active infinitive of bibō ‎(“I drink”).

Verb

beber ‎(first-person singular present bebo, first-person singular preterite bebín, past participle bebido)

1. to drink

Conjugation

Related terms

• bébedo
• bebida

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ber/, [ˈbɛ.bɛr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbe.ber/, [ˈbeː.ber]

Noun

beber m ‎(genitive bebrī); second declension

1. (Late Latin) beaver

Synonyms

• castor (more common), fiber

Declension

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

¹May also be bebre.

References

• beber in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese beber, bever ‎(“to drink”), from Latin bibere, present active infinitive of bibō ‎(“I drink”), from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti.

Cognate with Galician beber, Spanish beber, Catalan beure, Occitan beure, French boire, Italian bere and Romanian bea.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /be.ˈbeɾ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɨ.ˈβeɾ/

Verb

beber ‎(first-person singular present indicative bebo, past participle bebido)

1. (transitive) to drink (something);

   "Ele está bebendo água." - He is drinking water.

2. (intransitive) to consume alcoholic beverages;

   "João bebeu muito na festa." - John drank a lot at the party.

3. (intransitive) to drink something.

   "Preciso beber!" - I need to drink!

Conjugation

Descendants

• Kabuverdianu: bebe

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) baiver
• (Sursilvan) beiber
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) bever

Etymology

From Latin bibō, bibere.

Verb

beber

1. (Sutsilvan) to drink

Spanish

Etymology

Re-latinized from Old Spanish bever, from Latin bibere, present active infinitive of bibō ‎(“I drink”), from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti. Cognate with Portuguese beber, Italian bere, French boire, Romanian bea.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [beˈβeɾ]

Verb

beber ‎(first-person singular present bebo, first-person singular preterite bebí, past participle bebido)

1. to drink

Conjugation

Synonyms

• tomar

Related terms

• bebedor
• beberrón/beberrona
• bebestible
• bebida
• embeber