não

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word não. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word não, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say não in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word não you have here. The definition of the word não will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofnão, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: Appendix:Variations of "nao"

Aromanian

Adjective

não

  1. Alternative form of nãu

Galician

Adverb

não

  1. reintegrationist spelling of non

Noun

não m (plural nãos, reintegrationist norm)

  1. reintegrationist spelling of non (“no”)

Further reading

  • “não” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese non, from Latin nōn (“no”), from Old Latin noenum, from Proto-Indo-European *ne (“not”) + *óynos (“one”).

Pronunciation

  • (colloquial, only for the adverb when unstressed) IPA(key): /nũ/
  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: não
  • Audio (Brazil):(file)

Adverb

não (not comparable)

  2. (preceding verbs or adverbs) not; do not; have not (negates the meaning of the verb or adverb)
    Eu não li esse livro. ― I haven’t read that book.
    Por favor, não faça isso. ― Please, don’t do that.
    2. (preceding verbs) used in sentences containing a negative pronoun as the object; see double negative
      Eu não fiz nada. ― I didn’t do anything. (literally, “I didn’t do nothing.”)
    4. (Brazil, colloquial, following verb phrases) used to emphasise or reinforce (in the case that there is a previous unstressed adverb não, see above) sentences containing a negative pronoun as the subject or already containing não
      Ninguém vai ser preso não. ― Nobody is really going to be arrested.
      Não vi o João não. ― I haven’t seen John, no.
    6. (beginning questions) isn't (used to ask whether a person agrees with the proposition, rather than to ask for an unknown fact)
      Não está mau o chá? ― Isn’t the tea bad?
  4. (preceding adjectives, usually hyphenated) non- (forms antonyms of adjectives)
    O sistema é não-escalável. ― The system is non-scalable.
  6. (as a sentence-final parenthesis) isn't it? right? (tag question)
    Ela está aqui, não? ― She is here, right?

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:não.

Derived terms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Macanese: nâm

Interjection

não

  1. no (used to show disagreement or negation)
    Synonym: negativo
    Antonyms: positivo, sim
  2. no (used to show agreement with a negative question)
    Synonym: positivo
    Antonym: negativo

Noun

não m (plural nãos)

  1. no (a negative answer)
    Synonym: negativo
    Antonyms: positivo, sim
    Hoje recebi duas respostas: um sim e um não. ― Today I received two answers: one yes and one no.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 腦 (“brain”).

Noun

(classifier bộ) não

  1. brain, cerebrum
    Synonym: óc
    Bộ não người có nhiều điều chưa lí giải được.
    There are still many unexplained things about the human brain.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 惱 (“unhappy”).

Adjective

não

  1. (chiefly in set phrases) sad, grieved
Derived terms
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia