cadê
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom earlier quedê, from que é (feito) de ...?.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ca‧dê
Adverb
editcadê
- (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?".