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jamais.

never

6 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

adv/ʒaˈmajs/Brazil[ʒaˈmaɪ̯s]Brazil/ʒaˈmajʃ/Rio-de-Janeiro[ʒaˈmaɪ̯ʃ]Rio-de-Janeiro

  1. never

    not-comparable
    Jamais estive na Inglaterra.
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese jamais, from Old Occitan ja mais, from Latin iam magis. Cognate with Galician xamais, Spanish jamás, Occitan jamai, French jamais and Italian giammai.

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