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Portuguese
Determiner
um ou outro (feminine uma ou outra, masculine plural uns ou outros, feminine plural umas ou outras)
- (idiomatic) one or another (a very small subset)
Um ou outro soldado desertou.- One or another soldier deserted.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see um, ou, outro.