não
See also: Appendix:Variations of "nao"
Aromanian
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Portuguese non, from Latin nōn (“no”), from Old Latin noenum, from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”) + *óynos (“one”)
Pronunciation
Adverb
não (not comparable)
- (preceding verbs or adverbs) not; do not; have not (negates the meaning of the verb or adverb)
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 225:
- Harry teve a nítida impressão de que ele não era o único que estava omitindo informações naquele momento.
- Harry had the clear impression that he was not the only one who was omitting information in that moment.
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 162:
- Não abro cartas.
- I don't open letters.
- Eu não li esse livro.
- I haven’t read this book.
- Não faça isso.
- Don’t do this.
- (preceding verbs) used in sentences containing a negative pronoun as the object; see double negative
- Eu não fiz nada.
- I didn’t do anything.
- (literally, “I didn’t do nothing.”)
- (colloquial, following verb phrases) used to emphasise sentences containing a negative pronoun as the subject or already containing não
- Ninguém vai ser preso não.
- Nobody is going to be arrested really.
- Não vi o João não.
- I haven’t seen John, no.
- (beginning questions) isn't (used to ask whether a person agrees with the proposition, rather than to ask for an unknown fact)
- Não está ruim esse chá?
- Isn’t this tea bad?
- (preceding adjectives, usually hyphenated) non- (forms antonyms of adjectives)
- Esse sistema é não-escalável.
- This system is non-scalable.
- (as a sentence-final parenthesis) isn't it? right? (tag question)
- Ela está aqui, não?
- She is here, right?
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:não.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- quando não
- senão
Interjection
não
Noun
não m (plural nãos)
- no (a negative answer)
- Hoje recebi duas respostas: um sim e um não.
- Today I received two answers: a yes and a no.
Synonyms
Vietnamese
Etymology
Sino-Vietnamese word from 腦.
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [naːw˦ˀ˥]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [naːw˧˨]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [naːw˨˩˦]
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