assim
Latin edit
Verb edit
assim
References edit
- assim in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From earlier assi, from Old Galician-Portuguese assi, from Late Latin ac sīc. Closely parallel to Aromanian ashi, Spanish así, Romanian așa. Compare also Catalan així, French ainsi, Italian così.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ĩ
- Hyphenation: as‧sim
Adjective edit
assim (invariable)
Adverb edit
assim (not comparable)
- this way; like this (in this manner)
- (chiefly Brazil) thus (as a result)
- Synonyms: consequentemente, logo, portanto
- Chovia, assim, me molhei.
- It was raining, thus I got wet.
Interjection edit
assim
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:assim.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Macanese: assí
Further reading edit
- “assim” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “assim” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “assim” in Dicionário Online de Português.
- “assim” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
- “assim” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “assim” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “assim” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.