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também

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See also: tambem and tambêm

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tan ben, from tan (so) (modern tão) + ben (well) (modern bem). Compare with Spanish también.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɐ̃ˈbẽj̃/ [tɐ̃ˈbẽɪ̯̃], (nonstandard) /taˈmẽj̃/ [taˈmẽɪ̯̃]

Adverb

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também (not comparable)

  1. too; also (in addition; as well)
    Compra um livro e também um lápis.
    Buy a book and a pencil too.
    (O) Teu irmão também quer ir.
    Your brother also wants to go.

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:também.

Descendants

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  • Indo-Portuguese: tamêm

Adverb

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não mas também (not comparable)

  1. not onlybut also

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:também.

Interjection

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também!

  1. of course; no wonder (implying that an outcome was expected)
    – (O) João afogou-se!
    Também! Ele não sabe nadar...
    – John drowned!
    Of course! He doesn’t know how to swim...

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:também.

Descendants

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