demais

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• d+, D+ (Brazil, Internet slang)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese demais, from Latin dē + magis (“more”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈmajs/ [d͡ʒiˈmaɪ̯s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈmajs/ [d͡ʒiˈmaɪ̯s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒiˈmajʃ/ [d͡ʒiˈmaɪ̯ʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈmajs/ [deˈmaɪ̯s]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈmajʃ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ajs, (Portugal, Rio de Janeiro) -ajʃ
• Hyphenation: de‧mais
• Homophone: de mais

Adjective

demais (invariable)

1. (informal) great, awesome

   Você é demais.

   You're amazing.

Usage notes

Only used predicatively.

Adverb

demais

1. too, overly

   Synonyms: demasiadamente, excessivamente, por demais, superfluamente, muito

   Grande demais.

   Too big.

   • 2018, “Eterno”, performed by Djonga:

     E o mundo tem sido pequeno demais pra nós, pra nós
     E a vida tem dado conquistas demais pra nós

     And the world has been too small for us, for us
     And life has given too many achievements to us

2. too much, too many

   Synonyms: bastante, muito

   Comida demais.

   Too much food.

   • 2018, “Eterno”, performed by Djonga:

     E o mundo tem sido pequeno demais pra nós, pra nós
     E a vida tem dado conquistas demais pra nós

     And the world has been too small for us, for us
     And life has given too many achievements to us

3. (conjunctive) besides; furthermore

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:demais.

Pronoun

demais m pl

1. (with article) the rest (of them), others

   Synonyms: outros, resto

   Iremos ao lago. Os demais irão ao cinema.

   We are going to the lake. The others are going to the cinema.