demais

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • (Internet slang): d+, D+

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /dɨ.ˈmajʃ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /d͡ʒi.ˈmajs/, /d͡ʒi.ˈmajʃ/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /de.ˈmajs/
  • Hyphenation: de‧mais
  • Rhymes: -ajʃ

Adjective

demais (plural demais, comparable)

  1. (informal) great; awesome

Adverb

demais (comparative mais demais superlative o mais demais)

  1. too much; exceedingly; excessively
  2. very much; a lot
  3. (conjunctive) besides; furthermore

Quotations

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

Synonyms

Pronoun

demais m pl

  1. (with article) the rest (of them), others
    Iremos ao lago. Os demais irão ao cinema.
    We are going to the lake. The others are going to the cinema.

Synonyms

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