depois

Interlingua

Adverb

depois

afterwards, later

Portuguese

Alternative forms

depoys (obsolete)
despois (regional or archaic), despoys (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Portuguese depois, depos, from Latin de (“of”) + post (“after”). Compare Spanish después.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈpojʃ/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈpojs/, /deˈpojʃ/, /dʒiˈpojs/
Homophone: depôs (Brazil)
Hyphenation: de‧pois

Adverb

depois (not comparable)

later (afterwards in time)

Lerei o livro depois.
I’ll read the book later.
besides; after all

Depois, nem preciso lê-lo.
Besides, I don’t even need to read it.
immediately beyond, just after

Ali está a igreja, e minha casa fica depois.
There is the church, and my house is just beyond.

Quotations

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

Synonyms

(later): mais tarde
(besides; after all): ademais, até porque, aliás

Antonyms

(later): antes

Derived terms

depois de
depois que

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