beber
Aragonese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin bibere (“to drink”).
Verb
[edit]beber
- to drink
Conjugation
[edit]| infinitive | beber | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | bebendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | bebiu, bebito | bebida, bebita | |||||
| plural | bebius, bebitos | bebidas, bebitas | |||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | yo | tú | él | nusatros nusatras |
vusatros vusatras |
ellos/els ellas | |
| present | bebo | bebes | bebe | bebemos | bebez | beben | |
| imperfect | bebeba, bebebe | bebebas | bebeba | bebebanos | bebebaz | bebeban | |
| preterite | bebié | bebiés | bebió | bebiemos | bebiez | bebioron, bebión | |
| future | beberé | beberás | beberá | beberemos | beberez | beberán | |
| conditional | bebería | beberías | bebería | beberíanos | beberíaz | beberían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú | él | nusatros nusatras |
vusatros vusatras |
ellos/els ellas | |
| present | beba | bebas | beba | bebamos | bebaz | beban | |
| imperfect | bebese | bebeses | bebese | bebesenos | bebesez | bebesen | |
| imperative | — | tú | — | — | vusatros vusatras |
— | |
| — | bebe | — | — | bebez | — | ||
Asturian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin bibere (“to drink”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]beber (first-person singular indicative present bebo, past participle bebíu)
- to drink
Conjugation
[edit]| infinitive | beber | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerundive | bebiendo | ||||||
| participle | m bebíu, f bebida, n bebío, m pl bebíos, f pl bebíes | ||||||
| person | first singular yo |
second singular tu |
third singular él/elli |
first plural nosotros/nós |
second plural vosotros/vós |
third plural ellos | |
| indicative | present | bebo | bebes | bebe | bebemos | bebéis | beben |
| imperfect | bebía | bebíes | bebía | bebíemos | bebíeis | bebíen | |
| preterite | bebí | bebiesti | bebió | bebiemos | bebiestis | bebieron | |
| pluperfect | bebiere | bebieres | bebiere | bebiéremos | bebiereis | bebieren | |
| future | beberé | beberás | beberá | beberemos | beberéis | beberán | |
| conditional | bebería | beberíes | bebería | beberíemos/beberíamos | beberíeis/beberíais | beberíen | |
| subjunctive | present | beba | bebas | beba | bebamos | bebáis | beban |
| imperfect | bebiere | bebieres | bebiere | bebiéremos | bebiereis | bebieren | |
| imperative | bebi | bebéi | |||||
Further reading
[edit]- “beber”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN
- Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “beber”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese beber, bever, from Latin bibere (“to drink”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]beber (first-person singular present bebo, first-person singular preterite bebín, past participle bebido)
beber (first-person singular present bebo, first-person singular preterite bebim or bebi, past participle bebido, reintegrationist norm)
Conjugation
[edit]| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) |
Second-person (ti) |
Third-person (el / ela / Vde.) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | beber | |||||
| Personal | beber | beberes | beber | bebermos | beberdes | beberen |
| Gerund | ||||||
| bebendo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | bebido | bebidos | ||||
| Feminine | bebida | bebidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | bebo | bebes | bebe | bebemos | bebedes | beben |
| Imperfect | bebía | bebías | bebía | bebiamos | bebiades | bebían |
| Preterite | bebín | bebiches | bebeu | bebemos | bebestes | beberon |
| Pluperfect | bebera | beberas | bebera | beberamos | beberades | beberan |
| Future | beberei | beberás | beberá | beberemos | beberedes | beberán |
| Conditional | bebería | beberías | bebería | beberiamos | beberiades | beberían |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | beba | bebas | beba | bebamos | bebades | beban |
| Imperfect | bebese | bebeses | bebese | bebésemos | bebésedes | bebesen |
| Future | beber | beberes | beber | bebermos | beberdes | beberen |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | bebe | beba | bebamos | bebede | beban | |
| Negative (non) | non bebas | non beba | non bebamos | non bebades | non beban | |
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Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “beber”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “beber”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “beber”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
- “beber”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “beber”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “beber”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “beber”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Javanese ꦧꦺꦧꦺꦂ (bébér, “spread, opened out”), from Old Javanese *wiwir (“to extend, to expand, to spread out”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈbɛbɛr/ [ˈbɛ.bɛr]
- Rhymes: -ɛbɛr
- Syllabification: be‧ber
Verb
[edit]bèbèr
- to spread out
- to open up
- (figurative) to expound; to explain, explicate
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “beber”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowing from a Germanic or Celtic language, both from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (whence Latin fiber).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbɛ.bɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbɛː.ber]
Noun
[edit]beber m (genitive bebrī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | beber | bebrī |
| genitive | bebrī | bebrōrum |
| dative | bebrō | bebrīs |
| accusative | bebrum | bebrōs |
| ablative | bebrō | bebrīs |
| vocative | beber | bebrī |
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Old French: bievre, bevre, bevere, bever
- Friulian: bivar
- Italian: bevero
- Galician: befre
- Old Spanish: befre
References
[edit]- “beber”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- buber (dialectal)
Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese beber, bever (“to drink”), from Latin bibere (“to drink”), from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti.
Cognate with Galician beber and Spanish beber, Catalan and Occitan beure, French boire, Italian bere and Romanian bea.
Pronunciation
[edit]
Verb
[edit]beber (first-person singular present bebo, first-person singular preterite bebi, past participle bebido)
- (transitive) to drink (something)
- Ele está bebendo água. ― He is drinking water.
- (intransitive) to consume alcoholic beverages
- João bebeu muito na festa. ― John drank a lot at the party.
- (intransitive) to drink something
- Quero beber! ― I want to drink!
Conjugation
[edit]| Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
| Infinitive | ||||||
| Impersonal | beber | |||||
| Personal | beber | beberes | beber | bebermos | beberdes | beberem |
| Gerund | ||||||
| bebendo | ||||||
| Past participle | ||||||
| Masculine | bebido | bebidos | ||||
| Feminine | bebida | bebidas | ||||
| Indicative | ||||||
| Present | bebo | bebes | bebe | bebemos | bebeis | bebem |
| Imperfect | bebia | bebias | bebia | bebíamos | bebíeis | bebiam |
| Preterite | bebi | bebeste | bebeu | bebemos | bebestes | beberam |
| Pluperfect | bebera | beberas | bebera | bebêramos | bebêreis | beberam |
| Future | beberei | beberás | beberá | beberemos | bebereis | beberão |
| Conditional | beberia | beberias | beberia | beberíamos | beberíeis | beberiam |
| Subjunctive | ||||||
| Present | beba | bebas | beba | bebamos | bebais | bebam |
| Imperfect | bebesse | bebesses | bebesse | bebêssemos | bebêsseis | bebessem |
| Future | beber | beberes | beber | bebermos | beberdes | beberem |
| Imperative | ||||||
| Affirmative | bebe | beba | bebamos | bebei | bebam | |
| Negative (não) | não bebas | não beba | não bebamos | não bebais | não bebam | |
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit](Papiamentu bebe, bebi came separately from Portuguese beber and Kabuverdianu bebe.)
Further reading
[edit]- “beber”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “beber”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
- “beber” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “beber”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- “beber”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
- “beber”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Romansch
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin bibō, bibere.
Verb
[edit]beber
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Spanish bever, inherited from Latin bibere, bibō, from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti. Cognate with Portuguese beber, Italian bere, French boire, Romanian bea. The modern spelling with intervocalic ⟨b⟩ replacing medieval ⟨v⟩ is due to Latin influence.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]beber (first-person singular present bebo, first-person singular preterite bebí, past participle bebido)
- (transitive) to drink
- Synonym: tomar
- Voy a beberme un vaso de agua
- I am going to drink (myself) a glass of water
- (transitive, figurative) to draw from (to be inspired by)
- Su narrativa bebe de lo personal
- Her narrative draws from personal (experience)
Conjugation
[edit]| infinitive | beber | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | bebiendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | bebido | bebida | |||||
| plural | bebidos | bebidas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | bebo | bebestú bebésvos |
bebe | bebemos | bebéis | beben | |
| imperfect | bebía | bebías | bebía | bebíamos | bebíais | bebían | |
| preterite | bebí | bebiste | bebió | bebimos | bebisteis | bebieron | |
| future | beberé | beberás | beberá | beberemos | beberéis | beberán | |
| conditional | bebería | beberías | bebería | beberíamos | beberíais | beberían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
| present | beba | bebastú bebásvos2 |
beba | bebamos | bebáis | beban | |
| imperfect (ra) |
bebiera | bebieras | bebiera | bebiéramos | bebierais | bebieran | |
| imperfect (se) |
bebiese | bebieses | bebiese | bebiésemos | bebieseis | bebiesen | |
| future1 | bebiere | bebieres | bebiere | bebiéremos | bebiereis | bebieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | bebetú bebévos |
beba | bebamos | bebed | beban | ||
| negative | no bebas | no beba | no bebamos | no bebáis | no beban | ||
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
Derived terms
[edit]- agua que no has de beber, déjala correr
- bebedero
- bebedizo
- beber a chorro
- beber a gollete
- beber a morro
- beber como un cosaco
- beber como un pez
- beber con guindas
- beber los vientos
- beberaje
- beberrón
- bebestible
- bebezón
- bebible
- bebida
- bebido
- bebienda
- nunca digas de este agua no beberé, ni este cura no es mi padre
- sin comerlo ni beberlo
- sobrebeber
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “beber”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
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