may: significado e definições

To be allowed or permitted to: May I take a swim? Yes, you may.

Used to indicate a certain measure of likelihood or possibility: It may rain this afternoon.

Used to express a desire or fervent wish: Long may he live!

Used to express contingency, purpose, or result in clauses introduced by that or so that: expressing ideas so that the average person may understand.

To be obliged; must. Used in statutes, deeds, and other legal documents. See Usage Note at can1.

Chiefly British The blossoms of the hawthorn.