ninguém
See also: ninguem
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin nec (“not any”) + quem (“whom”).
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
ninguém
- no one; nobody (not one person)
- Antonym: alguém
- 2007, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e as Relíquias da Morte [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows] (Harry Potter; 7), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 376:
- Não podemos discuti-la com mais ninguém.
- We can't discuss it with anybody else.
Usage notes edit
In the case of double negative, ninguém often translates as anybody.
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:ninguém.
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
ninguém m (plural ninguéns)
- nobody (someone who is not important or well-known)
- Synonyms: joão-ninguém, zé-ninguém
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:ninguém.
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “ninguém” in Dicionário Online de Português.