a gente

See also: agente

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /a.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/, /a.ˈʒen.t͡ʃi/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ˈʒen.te/, /a.ˈʒẽ.te/
  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ˈʒẽ.ti/
  • Homophone: agente

Pronoun

a gente

  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see a, gente.
  2. (informal) we (first-person plural personal pronoun, conjugated in the third person)

Usage notes

Takes third-person singular conjugation.

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:a gente.

Synonyms

See also

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number Person Nominative
(subject)
Accusative
(direct object)
Dative
(indirect object)
Prepositional Prepositional
with com
Non-declining
m f m f m and f m f m f m f
Singular First eu me mim comigo
Second tu te ti contigo você
o senhor a senhora
Third ele ela o
(lo, no)
a
(la, na)
lhe ele ela com ele com ela o mesmo a mesma
se (reflexive) si (reflexive) consigo (reflexive)
Plural First nós nos nós connosco (Portugal)
conosco (Brazil)
a gente
Second vós vos vós convosco vocês
os senhores as senhoras
Third eles elas os
(los, nos)
as
(las, nas)
lhes eles elas com eles com elas os mesmos as mesmas
se (reflexive) si (reflexive) consigo (reflexive)
Indefinite se (reflexive) si (reflexive) consigo (reflexive)
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