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vae

verb

LanguagePortuguese (Portugal)

Meaning
  1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of vai
  2. goes
  3. An old spelling of the word 'vai', which is the third-person singular present form of the verb 'ir' (to go).
Examples

Antigamente, escrevia-se vae em vez de vai.

In the past, one wrote vae instead of vai.

Part of speechverb

Usage noteThis is an obsolete spelling form that is no longer used in standard Portuguese.

Status: Pending verification

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.