🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

forma verbal

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ˈfɔɾmɐ veɾˈbaɫ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Verbal form/ˈvɜːr.bəl fɔːrm/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"O infinitivo é uma forma verbal básica."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A word that functions as another part of speech while retaining certain characteristics of a verb, such as taking objects or modifiers.

    "In the sentence 'Swimming is fun,' the word 'swimming' is a verbal form known as a gerund."
  2. 2

    A specific morphological manifestation or conjugation of a verb reflecting tense, mood, voice, person, or number.

    "The irregular verbal form 'went' indicates the past tense of the verb 'go'."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'verbalis' (pertaining to a word) combined with 'forma' (shape, figure, or mold). The term evolved within grammatical scholarship to describe words derived from verbs that function as other parts of speech, such as participles, infinitives, and gerunds.

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