verão

See also: veraõ

Portuguese

Alternative forms

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)

  1. summer
    • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 127:
      A segurança está cem vezes mais rigorosa este verão.
      The security is a hundred times more severe this summer.

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

  1. third-person plural (eles and elas, also used with vocês and others) future indicative of ver
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