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be

/beɪ/ noun · plural: bes A1 (estimated)

1. be

German	werden
French	l'être
Portuguese	o ser
Czech	být
Italian	l'essere, l'avere, l'era
Spanish	el ser, el ser, el estar
Dutch	het zijn
Swedish	ett vara
Latin	sum, sto

2. am (indicating hours in the morning); abbreviation of förmiddagen

Swedish	fm

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to be

/ˈbiː/ verb A1 (estimated)

1. used to declare the subject and object identical or equivalent

German	sein
French	être
Portuguese	ser
Czech	být
Italian	essere
Spanish	ser
Dutch	zijn
Swedish	vara
Latin	sum

2. auxiliary: used to form the passive voice

German	werden, stehen
French	être
Portuguese	ser, estar
Czech	být
Italian	essere, constare, andare
Spanish	ser, seer
Dutch	worden
Swedish	bli, finnas, sitta
Latin	sum, sto

3. auxiliary: used to form the continuous aspect of various tenses

German	sein, liegen, verhalten
French	être en train de
Italian	stare
Spanish	estar, tener

4. auxiliary: used to express intent, obligation, appropriateness or relative future occurrence

German	sein, werden
Czech	být, mít

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