cadê
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From earlier quedê, from que é (feito) de ...?.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ca‧dê
Adverb edit
cadê
- (Brazil, informal) where is (it)?
- Cadê meu patinho de borracha? É sério, cadê?
- Where's my rubber duck? I'm serious, where is it?
Usage notes edit
- cadê by itself is used to ask "where is it", particularly in the sense "where has it gone"; meanwhile, when followed by a noun or pronoun, it refers to the specified object, such as in cadê você, "where are you?".