quer dizer
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɛ(ʁ) d͡ʒiˈze(ʁ)/ [ˈkɛ(h) d͡ʒiˈze(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈkɛ(ɾ) d͡ʒiˈze(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈkɛ(ʁ) d͡ʒiˈze(ʁ)/ [ˈkɛ(χ) d͡ʒiˈze(χ)]
- (Caipira) IPA(key): /ˈkɛ(ɻ) d͡ʒiˈze(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɛɾ diˈzeɾ/ [ˈkɛɾ ðiˈzeɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.ɾi diˈze.ɾi/ [ˈkɛ.ɾi ðiˈze.ɾi]
Interjection
- I mean (introduces a correction)
- Synonym: digo
- Comprei dez ovos. Quer dizer, doze.
- I bought ten eggs. I mean, twelve.
Further reading
- “quer dizer”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026