demais

Portuguese

Alternative forms

d+, D+, dms (Brazil, Internet slang)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese demais, from Latin dē + magis (“more”).

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈmajs/ [d͡ʒiˈmaɪ̯s]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈmajʃ/ [d͡ʒiˈmaɪ̯ʃ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈmajs/ [deˈmaɪ̯s]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈmajʃ/

Rhymes: (Brazil) -ajs, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ajʃ
Hyphenation: de‧mais
Homophone: de mais

Adverb

demais

too, overly
Synonyms: demasiadamente, excessivamente, por demais, superfluamente, muito

Grande demais.
Too big.
- 2018, “Eterno”, performed by Djonga:
  E o mundo tem sido pequeno demais pra nós, pra nós
  E a vida tem dado conquistas demais pra nós
  And the world has been too small for us, for us
  And life has given too many achievements to us
too much, too many
Synonyms: bastante, muito

Comida demais.
Too much food.
- 2018, “Eterno”, performed by Djonga:
  E o mundo tem sido pequeno demais pra nós, pra nós
  E a vida tem dado conquistas demais pra nós
  And the world has been too small for us, for us
  And life has given too many achievements to us
(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (conjunctive) besides; furthermore

Adjective

demais (invariable)

(informal, predicative) great, awesome
Você é demais.
You're amazing.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:demais.

Derived terms

demais da conta

Pronoun

demais m pl

(with article) the rest (of them), others
Synonyms: outros, resto

Iremos ao lago. Os demais irão ao cinema.
We are going to the lake. The others are going to the cinema.