ver

Portuguese

/veɾ/, /ve(ʁ)/, /ve(ɹ)/, /ve(ɻ)/, /ve(h)/

verb
Definitions
  • (transitive) to see; to observe to perceive with one’s eyes
  • (intransitive) to see to be able to see, not to be blind or blinded
  • (figurative) to see; to understand
  • (intransitive) to see; to notice; to realise to come to a conclusion
  • (intransitive) to check to verify some fact or condition
  • (transitive) to watch to be part of the audience of a visual performance or broadcast
  • (transitive) to see; to visit
  • (intransitive) to pay to face negative consequences
  • (pronominal) to find oneself to be in a given situation, especially unexpectedly
  • to get
  • to check with to consult [someone] for information

Etymology

Inherited from Old Portuguese veer inherited from Latin vidēre inherited from Proto-Italic *widēō (see, I see) derived from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- (see, know, behold, perceive, find, view, look at).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*weyd-

Gloss

see, know, behold, perceive, find, view, look at

Concept
Semantic Field

Sense perception

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

知

Emoji
🙈 🪚

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