ninguém
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See also: ninguem
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin nec (“not any”) + quem (“whom”).
Pronunciation
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Pronoun
[edit]ninguém
- no one; nobody (not one person)
- Antonym: alguém
- 2007, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows] (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 376:
- Não podemos discuti-la com mais ninguém.
- We can't discuss it with anybody else.
Usage notes
[edit]In the case of double negative, ninguém often translates as anybody.
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:ninguém.
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]ninguém m (plural ninguéns)
- nobody (someone who is not important or well-known)
- Synonyms: joão-ninguém, zé-ninguém
Quotations
[edit]For quotations using this term, see Citations:ninguém.
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ninguém”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2024
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