porvir

Portuguese

Etymology

From por (“to”) +‎ vir (“come”). Compare Spanish porvenir.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /poʁˈvi(ʁ)/ [poɦˈvi(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /poɾˈvi(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /poʁˈvi(ʁ)/ [poʁˈvi(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA^(key): /poɻˈvi(ɻ)/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾˈviɾ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾˈbiɾ/ [puɾˈβiɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /puɾˈvi.ɾi/

Hyphenation: por‧vir

Noun

porvir m (plural porvires)

what is to come, future

Further reading

“porvir”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“porvir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026