nenhum

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese nin (h)ũu, earlier nen (h)ũu, from Latin nec ūnus (“not even one”). Displaced collateral form ningũu.

Compare Galician ningún, Spanish ninguno and Catalan ningú.

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /nɨˈɲũ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ne.ˈɲũ/
  • Hyphenation: ne‧nhum
  • Rhymes: -ũ

Pronoun

nenhum m (feminine nenhuma)

  1. no, none
    Nenhuma pessoa foi vista por aqui.
    No person was seen around here.

Quotations

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

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