haver
Portuguese, noun/aˈve(ʁ)/
haver is spelled H-A-V-E-R (5 letters) and appears 60 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,607th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Haver is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “credit” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bem, posse”.
What does haver mean in English?
verb
- 1
there be; exist
Há um banco aqui perto.
- 2
there be; to happen; to occur
Houve um acidente na alameda.
- 3
ago (indicates the time since something occurred)
Terminei a faculdade há um mês.
- 4
archaicused in forming the perfect aspect
Eu já havia entrado quando chegaste.
- 5
archaicto own; to possess
Hei duas espadas.
- 6
See haver de.
- 7
Brazilto recover; to regain (to obtain something that had been lost)
Preciso de haver meu dinheiro.
- 8
to behave (to conduct oneself well, on in a given manner)
noun
- 1
masculinecredit
- 2
masculinebelongings
- 3
masculineassets
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ser bem-sucedido na consecução de; obter 2. ser proprietário de; possuir 3. experimentar (uma sensação física, psicológica ou moral); sentir 4. ter existência (material ou abstrata); existir
noun: 1. bem, posse
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of haver
- hei first-person present singular
- houve first-person preterite singular
- havido participle past
- haveres infinitive second-person singular
- havermos first-person infinitive plural
- haverdes infinitive plural second-person
- haverem infinitive plural third-person
- havendo gerund
- havidos masculine participle past
- havida feminine participle past
- havidas feminine participle past
- hás indicative present second-person
- há indicative present singular
- havemos first-person indicative plural
- hemos first-person indicative plural
- haveis indicative plural present
- heis indicative plural present
- hão indicative plural present
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce haver?
- Brazil /aˈve(ʁ)/
- Brazil [aˈve(h)]
- /aˈve(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is haver in Portuguese?
haver appears 60 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).