How Do You Spell HOUVER?

Pronunciation: [hˈuːvə] (IPA)

The word "houver" is a Portuguese verb meaning "to exist" or "to happen". Its phonetic transcription is /o'veɾ/, which represents its sounds as follows: the first sound /o/ is a stressed mid-back rounded vowel, followed by an apostrophe to separate it from the next sound; the next sound /v/ is a voiced labiodental fricative, and finally, the sound /ɾ/ is an alveolar tap or flap, which is a quick tap of the tongue on the alveolar ridge.