não é

Portuguese

Literally: isn’t it?

não é?

Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see não,‎ é.
(colloquial, interrogatory) isn't it (so); innit; right (used as a tag question to ask for someone's opinion)
- 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 697:
  De qualquer jeito, ainda vou rever minha mãe um dia, não é?
  Anyway, I'll still see my mother again someday, won't I?
Você já comeu, não é?
You have already eaten, right?
(colloquial, often interrogatory) duh; obviously (expresses that something is obvious)
Do que é feito um anel de diamante? De diamantes, não é?!
What a diamond ring is made of? Diamonds, obviously!

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