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Portuguese
Etymology
Literally, “isn’t it?”.
Pronunciation
Interjection
não é?
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see não, é.
- (colloquial, interrogatory) isn't it (so); innit; right (used as a tag question to ask for someone's opinion)
Você já comeu, não é?- You have already eaten, right?
2003, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix [Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix] (Harry Potter; 5), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 697:De qualquer jeito, ainda vou rever minha mãe um dia, não é?- Anyway, I'll still see my mother again someday, won't I?
- (colloquial, often interrogatory) duh; obviously (expresses that something is obvious)
Do que é feito um anel de diamante? De diamantes, não é?!- What a diamond ring is made of? Diamonds, obviously!