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20 Portuguese words for asking questions

20 Portuguese words worth knowing, picked from the topics Questions and translated into English.

Questions 20 words

PortugueseEnglish
quemwho
quewhatBefore a verb
quêwhatOn its own or after a preposition
quandowhen
ondewhere
comohow
porquêwhy
quantohow muchUsed on its own, to ask about a quantity or a price
qualwhichInterrogative determiner, before the noun
qualwhich oneInterrogative pronoun, used on its own
acasodoQuestion marker, no literal equivalent
o quewhatQuestion word, object
o quewhatQuestion word, subject
simyes
nãono
talvezperhaps
com certezaof course
não seiI do not know
de acordookay
porquebecauseEveryday use

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