todo mundo

Portuguese

Etymology

Likely contraction of the more grammatical form todo o mundo (“the entire world”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈto.du ˈmũ.du/, /ˌtu.du.ˈmũ.du/

Pronoun

todo mundo m sg

  1. (chiefly Brazil) everyone; everybody
    • 2000, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban), Rocco, page 336:
      Francamente, vão acordar todo mundo!
      Frankly, you are going to wake up everybody!

Synonyms

References

  1. ↑ “wordreference.com forum thread: todo mundo?”, in (Please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed March 16, 2015
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