# beber
## Aragonese
### Etymology

From Latin bibere (“to drink”).

### Verb

beber
* to drink

#### Conjugation
## Asturian
### Etymology

From Latin bibere (“to drink”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /beˈbeɾ/ [beˈβ̞eɾ]
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Syllabification: be‧ber

### Verb

beber (first-person singular indicative present bebo, past participle bebíu)
* to drink

#### Conjugation
### Further reading

* Academia de la Llingua Asturiana (2000). Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana (1ª edición). →ISBN. on-line version.

## Galician
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese beber, bever, from Latin bibere (“to drink”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [beˈβeɾ]

### Verb

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)
* to drink
    Synonym: trincar

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* bébedo
* beberaxe
* beberricar
* bebida

### Further reading

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “beber”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “beber”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* “beber”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* “beber” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
* 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
### Etymology

From Javanese ꦧꦺꦧꦺꦂ (bébér, “spread, opened out”), from Old Javanese *wiwir (“to extend, to expand, to spread out”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɛbɛr/
* Hyphenation: bè‧bèr
* Rhymes: -bɛr, -ɛr, -r

### Verb

bèbèr
* to spread out,
* to open up

#### Derived terms

* beberan
* dibeber
* dibeberkan
* membeber
* membeberkan
* pembeber
* pembeberan
* terbeber
* terbeberkan

### Further reading

* “beber” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowing from a Germanic or Celtic language, both from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (whence Latin fiber).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈbe.ber/, [ˈbɛbɛr]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈbe.ber/, [ˈbɛːber]

### Noun

beber m (genitive bebrī); second declension
* (Late Latin) beaver

#### Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

#### Synonyms

* castor (more common), fiber

#### Derived terms

* bebrīnus

#### Descendants

* Old French: bievre, bevre, bevere, bever
** Middle French: bievre
*** French: bièvre (archaic or dialectal)
* Friulian: bivar
* Italian: bevero
* Galician: befre
* Old Spanish: befre

### References

* “beber”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

## Portuguese
### Etymology

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

* (Brazil) IPA: /beˈbe(ʁ)/ [beˈbe(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /beˈbe(ʁ)/ [beˈbe(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /beˈbe(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /beˈbe(ʁ)/ [beˈbe(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /beˈbe(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɨˈbeɾ/ [bɨˈβeɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /bɨˈbeɾ/ [bɨˈβeɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /bɨˈbe.ɾi/ [bɨˈβe.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: be‧ber

### Verb

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!

#### Related terms

* bêbedo, bêbado
* bebedor
* embeber

#### Descendants

* Kabuverdianu: bebe
** Papiamentu: bebe, bebi
* Papiamentu: bebe, bebi
* → Saramaccan: bebé
(Papiamentu bebe, bebi came separately from Portuguese beber and Kabuverdianu bebe.)

### Further reading

* “beber”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “beber”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “beber” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “beber”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “beber”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “beber”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* baiver (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader)
* beiber (Sursilvan)
* bever (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

### Etymology

From Latin bibō, bibere.

### Verb

beber
* (Sutsilvan) to drink

## Spanish
### Etymology

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

* IPA: /beˈbeɾ/ [beˈβ̞eɾ]
* Audio (Spain):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɾ
* Syllabification: be‧ber

### Verb

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 aguaI am going to drink (myself) a glass of water
* (transitive, figurative) to draw from (to be inspired by)
    Su narrativa bebe de lo personalHer narrative draws from personal (experience)

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Derived terms

* 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

#### Related terms

* bebedor
* beodo
* embeber

### Further reading

* “beber”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10