não

não

1. Alternative form of nãu

• naõ (obsolete)
• nam (obsolete)
• nom (obsolete, nonstandard)
• num (nonstandard or eye dialect)
• n (abbreviation)

From Old Portuguese non, from Latin nōn (“no”), from Old Latin noenum, from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”) + *óynos (“one”)

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /nɐ̃w̃/
• (Brazil, colloquial, only for the adverb) IPA^(key): /nũ/
• Hyphenation: não
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃

não (not comparable)

1. (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.

   1. (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.”)

   2. (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.

   3. (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?

2. (preceding adjectives, usually hyphenated) non- (forms antonyms of adjectives)

   Esse sistema é não-escalável.

   This system is non-scalable.

3. (as a sentence-final parenthesis) isn't it? right? (tag question)

   Ela está aqui, não?

   She is here, right?

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:não.

não

1. no (used to show disagreement or negation)
2. no (used to show agreement with a negative question)

• (shows disagreement): negativo
• (shows agreement with a negative question): positivo

• (shows disagreement): positivo, sim
• (shows agreement with a negative question): negativo

não m (plural nãos)

1. no (a negative answer)

   Hoje recebi duas respostas: um sim e um não.

   Today I received two answers: a yes and a no.

• negativo

• positivo, sim

Sino-Vietnamese word from 腦.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [naːw˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [naːw˧˨]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [naːw˨˩˦]

(classifier bộ) não

1. brain, cerebrum

   Synonym: óc