também

See also: tambem and tambêm

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tan ben, from tan (“as, so”) (modern tão) + ben (“well”) (modern bem). Compare with Spanish también and English as well.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɐ̃ˈbẽj̃/ [tɐ̃ˈbẽɪ̯̃], (nonstandard) /taˈmẽj̃/ [taˈmẽɪ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɐ̃ˈbɐ̃j̃/, (nonstandard) /tɐˈmɐ̃j̃/

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃
  • Hyphenation: tam‧bém

Adverb

também (not comparable)

  2. too; also (in addition; as well)
    Compra um livro e também um lápis.
    Buy a book and a pencil too.
    (O) Teu irmão também quer ir.
    Your brother also wants to go.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:também.

Descendants

  • Indo-Portuguese: tamêm

Adverb

não só … mas também (not comparable)

  2. not only … but also

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:também.

Interjection

também!

  2. of course; no wonder (implying that an outcome was expected)
    – (O) João afogou-se!
    – Também! Ele não sabe nadar...
    – John drowned!
    – Of course! He doesn’t know how to swim...

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:também.

Descendants

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