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Fala
Pronoun
o que
- (relative) what
2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:I si “a patria do homi é sua lengua”, cumu idía Albert Camus, o que está claru é que a lengua está mui por encima de fronteiras, serras, rius i maris, de situaciós pulíticas i sociu-económicas, de lazus religiosus e inclusu familiaris.- And if “a man’s homeland is his language”, as Albert Camus said, what is clear is that language is above borders, mountain ranges, rivers and seas, above political and socio-economic situations, of religious and even family ties.
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese o que.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
o que
- (interrogative) what
O que aconteceu?- What happened?
- (relative) what
Ele sabe o que ele quer.- He knows what he wants.
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