verão
See also: veraõ
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- veraõ (obsolete)
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese verão (“spring”), from Vulgar Latin (tempus) *veranum, from Latin vēr (“spring”), from earlier *veror, from Proto-Italic *wezor, from Proto-Indo-European *wésr̥ (“spring”). Compare Spanish verano.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): [vɨˈɾɐ̃w̃]
- (Brazil) IPA(key): [veˈɾɐ̃w̃], [vɛˈɾɐ̃w̃]
Noun
verão m (plural verões or verãos)
- summer
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 127:
- A segurança está cem vezes mais rigorosa este verão.
- The security is a hundred times more severe this summer.
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See also
| Seasons in Portuguese · estações, sazões (layout · text) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| primavera (“spring”) | verão (“summer”) | outono (“autumn”) | inverno (“winter”) |
Etymology 2
From the verb ver (“to see”).
Verb
verão
- third-person plural (eles and elas, also used with vocês and others) future indicative of ver