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Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alen, from Latin ad + illinc (“thence, there”).
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃j̃
- Hyphenation: a‧lém
Adverb
além
- there, over there
- Synonym: lá
- beyond (farther along or away)
Quotations
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Derived terms
Noun
além m (uncountable)
- the afterlife, the beyond (supposed world or state of existence that is entered after death)
Quotations
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