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Meaning of ter | Babel Free

Verb CEFR A2
ˈteɾ

Definitions

  1. to hold, have
  2. to possess
  3. ought
    auxiliary
  4. Equivalent to 'Carry': A manner of transporting or lifting something; the grip or position in which something is carried.

Equivalents

Examples

“Murmurai murmuradores / non fartaivos de murmurar / que an'que vos salten os ollos / teño de rir e cantar”

Let's gossip, you gossipers / Never get tired of gossiping / 'cause even if your eyes pop out / I ought to laugh and sing.

“Afonso: E como està o afillado? Christobo: Esse jà quer ir a Escola, pero porque non tèn sayo està decote na Eyra para escorrentar o Gando. Afonso: Pois esso non e ben feyto, porque e vivo coma vn allo, fino coma vnha pimenta, e se quer ser Lecenceado an que venda os bois do jugo lle teño de dar estado.”

Afonso: How is doing my godchild? Christobo: He already want to go to school, but since he has no robe is all the time in the field to drive away the livestock. Afonso: But this is not correct, because he is smart as a whip, acute as a pepper grain, and if he wants to be a bachelor, even if I have to sell the yoke oxen, I ought to give him estate.

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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