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de.

of (in relation to)

2 characters1 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

prep/d͡ʒi/Brazil/dɨ/Portugal/di/Northeast-Brazil/di/Caipira
  1. of (in relation to)

    os amigos dele
  2. of (in relation to) of (forms compounds; often untranslated)

    fones de ouvido
    acampamento de verão
  3. of (in relation to) of; about (on the subject of)

    Do que estavam falando?
  4. of (in relation to) of; -'s (belonging to)

    a casa de alguém
  5. of (in relation to) -'s (made by)

    Você provou o bolo da minha mãe?
  6. of (in relation to) of (being a part of)

    capa do livro
  7. of (in relation to) of (introduces the month a given day is part of)

    Primeiro de janeiro.
  8. of (in relation to) of (introduces the object of an agent noun)

    Hitler foi um exterminador de judeus.
  9. of (in relation to) of (introduces the name of a place following its hypernym)

    A vila de Iorque.
  10. of; -en (made or consisting of)

    De que é feito?
  11. of; -en (made or consisting of) -long (having the duration of)

    um filme de duas horas
  12. of; -en (made or consisting of) of (indicates the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun)

    Milhares de pessoas vieram.
  13. of; -en (made or consisting of) of (characterised by; having the given quality)

    O templo não é mais um local de paz.
  14. of (introduces the noun that applies a given adjective or past participle)

    Um balde cheio de água.
  15. from (born in or coming out of)

    De onde você é?
  16. by means of; by

    Eu sempre vou trabalhar de ônibus.
  17. as (in the role of)

    Na festa, ele estava de bruxo.
  18. in (wearing)

    Homens de Preto
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Old Galician-Portuguese de Portuguese de Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese de, from Latin dē, from Proto-Italic *dē, from Proto-Indo-European *déh₁, from *de + *-h₁. Cognate with Galician de.

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