cadê

See also: cade, Cade, cadé, -cade, and cad é

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• quedê, quede (dated)
• kd (Internet slang)

Etymology

From earlier quedê, from que é (feito) de ...?.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈde/

• Hyphenation: ca‧dê

Adverb

cadê

1. (Brazil, informal) where is (it)?

   Cadê meu patinho de borracha? É sério, cadê?

   Where's my rubber duck? I'm serious, where is it?

Usage notes

• cadê by itself is used to ask "where is it", particularly in the sense "where has it gone"; meanwhile, when followed by a noun or pronoun, it refers to the specified object, such as in cadê você, "where are you?".