tão

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tao"

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈtɐ̃w̃/ [ˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtɐ̃w̃/
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈtɐ̃w̃/, (unstressed) /tɐ̃/

  • Audio (Portugal (Porto)):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: tão

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese tan, from Latin tam (“so”).

Alternative forms

Adverb

tão (not comparable)

  2. so (to a great extent)
    Isto é tão fácil...
    This is so easy...
    Aquele pássaro voa tão rápido.
    That bird flies so fast.
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tão.

Derived terms

Adverb

tão (not comparable) (correlative, with quanto)

  2. as … as
    (A) Minha casa é tão grande quanto a tua.
    My house is as big as yours.
Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tão.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tão

  1. eye dialect spelling of estão

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adverb

tão (not comparable)

  1. eye dialect spelling of então

Etymology 4

Verb

tão

  1. third-person plural present indicative of tar

Further reading

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