ninguém

See also: ninguem

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /nĩ.ˈɡẽj̃/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /nĩ.ˈɡɐ̃j̃/, /nĩ.ˈɡẽj̃/

Etymology

From Latin nec (“not any”) + quem (“whom”).

Pronoun

ninguém

  1. no one; nobody (not one person)
    • 2007, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), Rocco, page 376:
      Não podemos discuti-la com mais ninguém.
      We can't discuss it with anybody else.

Quotations

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

Usage notes

In the case of double negative, ninguém often translates as anybody.

Antonyms

Derived terms

Noun

ninguém m (plural ninguéns)

  1. nobody (someone who is not important or well-known)

Quotations

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

Synonyms

Descendants

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