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| agora
in
this moment, now
ainda till now / then, once again amanhã tomorrow antes previously, preferably cedo soon, early dantes before, previously depois after doravante since now enfim at last, finally então then, in this case hoje today já in this moment, immediately jamais never logo soon nunca never ontem yesterday ora at present, now outrora formerly primeiro firstly sempre ever tarde late |
abaixo
below,
downstairs
acima above, on top, upstairs acolá there, yonder adiante ahead, foreward além beyond, past, yonder algures somewhere; wherever ali there, yonder antes before aonde where ... to aquém from this side aqui here atrás behind cá here, hither debaixo underneath defronte in front of dentro within detrás behind, after fora outside lá there, yonder longe away nenhures no where onde where perto near |
bem
well
mal badly melhor better pior worse assim like this, so, that way, thus aliás otherwise depressa fast, quickly, swiftly devagar slowly como as, like, such as debalde in vain nada in no way sobremodo extremely sobretudo above all, especially sobremaneira extremely quase almost, nearly The adverbs of manner are typically formed from the feminine adjectives with the suffix -mente; see Derived Adverbs. |
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| muito
a
lot of, much, very
pouco little mais more ainda more menos less demasiado too, much quão (que) as much (many) tanto that much tão like this, so, that way, thus assaz enough |
sim
yes
certamente certainly decerto of course |
não
no
nem neither nunca never jamais never |
| Doubt | Exclusion | Inclusion |
| acaso
maybe,
perhaps, possibly
porventura --,,-- quiçá --,,-- talvez --,,-- |
apenas
barely,
hardly, (only) just
salvo but, except, save senão but só only tão-pouco also not tampouco also not |
ainda
besides,
moreover
até even, till, until mesmo even também also, too |
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| depois after | eis behold! see! there! here! | onde?
where?
como? how? quando? when? quanto? how much (many) por quê? why? |
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| à
noite at night
à tarde at the evening de dia in the day de manhã since the morning de noite at night às vezes someimes por vezes --,,-- de vez em quando --,,-- de tempos a tempos --,,-- de quando em quando --,,-- em breve briefly |
à
direita
to
the right
à esquerda to the left à distância at distance ao lado by side ao largo at a distance, away de cima from the top de dentro from the inside de fora from the outside de longe from afar de perto from near em baixo downwards em cima on the top para dentro for the inside para onde for where por ali by there por aqui by here por dentro by the inside por fora by the outside por perto nearly |
a
custo with difficulty
à pressa fast à toa occasionally à vontade at will, freely às avessas just the opposite às claras openly, directly às direitas straightforward ao acaso without consideration ao contrário in contrary a sós lonely de bom grado of good will de cor by heart de má vontade unwillingly em geral generally em silêncio silently em vão in vain |
| Quantity | Affirmation | Negation |
| de
muito of much
de pouco of some de todo of all |
com
certeza certainly
com efeito really, actually de facto in reality na verdade really sem dúvida undoubtedly |
de
modo algum in no way
de forma alguma --,,-- de maneira nenhuma --,,-- |
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