se.
third-person singular and plural reflexive pronoun; himself; herself; itself; themselves
Meaning & usage
third-person singular and plural reflexive pronoun; himself; herself; itself; themselves
Ela se viu no espelho.
first-person singular reflexive pronoun; myself
Eu acordei e se vesti.
third-person singular and plural reciprocal pronoun; each other; one another
Quando eles se conheceram?
first-person plural reciprocal pronoun; each other; one another
Nós se beijámos.
second-person singular and plural reflexive and reciprocal pronoun, when used with second-person pronouns other than tu and vós; yourself; yourselves
E você se diz um professor!
impersonal pronominal verb; oneself
Vive-se bem em Belém.
a particle that passivizes the verb without specifying its agent
Sempre se usavam roupas elegantes nessas reuniões.
accessory, when it is used to embellish the verb without its omission impairing the understanding or changing the meaning
"Vão-se os reis, mas as nações ficam."
particle of spontaneity, when it indicates that there was spontaneity in the action by its agent
Ele morreu-se.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sse /se, from Latin sē.
if (introduces a condition that may be (or prove to be) either true or false)
Se for sair, leve um guarda-chuva.
Só começaremos se nos pagarem.
if (introduces a condition that is counterfactual or hypothetical)
Se ela não tivesse me falado, não ia saber.
Se eu fosse você, não iria ali sozinha.
if (introduces a condition that is known to be true)
Se você tem carro, por que ir a pé?
O ralo está entupido — e, se o ralo está entupido, a água não flui.
if (introduces a relevance conditional)
Tenho sobras de bolo se você quiser.
if (when; whenever; every time that)
Se ele fala, irrita a todos.
Se chove, cai um toró.
if, whether (used to introduce a noun clause, an indirect question, that functions as the direct object of certain verbs)
Não sei se ela vem.
Pergunto-lhe se já tem uma solução para o caso.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese se, from Latin sī (“if”).
nonstandard spelling of cê (“you”); u
se sabe oq aconteceu??
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