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cadacê

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Macanese

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Etymology

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Possibly Portuguese cada (each) +‎ você (you).[1]

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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cadacê

  1. each
  2. everyone
    Cadacê sandê unga candia-céra
    Everyone lights a candle
  3. each one

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “cadacê”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau
  2. ^ https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#c