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be
English
- 🔊 a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element
- 🔊 spend or use time“I may be an hour”
- 🔊 work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function“He is a herpetologist”
- 🔊 have the quality of being“John is rich”
- 🔊 have life, be alive“Our great leader is no more”
- 🔊 be identical to“The president of the company is John Smith”
- 🔊 occupy a certain position or area“Where is my umbrella?”
- 🔊 to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form“let her be”
- 🔊 happen, occur, take place“I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house”
- 🔊 have an existence, be extant“Is there a God?”
- 🔊 be identical or equivalent to“One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!”
- 🔊 represent, as of a character on stage“Derek Jacobi was Hamlet”
- 🔊 be priced at“These shoes cost $100”
- 🔊 form or compose“This money is my only income”
Spanish
- 🔊 hacer to be
- 🔊 andar to be, to feel
- 🔊 estar to be, stay (denotes a copula, in a transient fashion)