English-Portuguese translations for inherit

• herdar
  As mulheres têm direito a possuir bens, herdar, votar e divorciar-se.Women have rights to possess, inherit, vote and divorce.
  Tereis de herdar algum do dinamismo da vossa antecessora, sem porém vos deixardes ficar na sua sombra. You need to inherit some of the momentum of your predecessor, without being caught in its shadow.
  Quero ver o mundo que a minha neta vai herdar ser-lhe entregue em melhor estado do que aquele em que neste momento se encontra.I want to see the world which my granddaughter will inherit handed over in a better form than it is just now.

Definition of inherit

• To take possession of as a right ''''
• To receive , by legal succession or bequest after the previous owner's death
• To receive a characteristic from one's ancestors by genetic transmission
• To derive from people or conditions previously in force
• To come into an inheritance
• To derive from a superclass
• To derive a new class from (a superclass
• To put in possession of

Examples

• Your descendants will inherit the earth
• After Grandad died, I inherited the house
• Lets hope the baby inherits his mothers looks and his fathers intelligence
• This country has inherited an invidious class culture
• Lucky old Daniel – his grandfather died rich, and hes inherited
• ModalWindow inherits all the properties and methods of Window

Related words

• inheritance
• inherited
• inheritor
• disinherit
• inheritable
• disinheritance
• inheritedness
• inheritance tax
• inheritance law