a gente

See also: agente

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a ˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a ˈʒẽ.te/

  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /a.ˈʒẽ.ti/, /a.ˈʒẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • Homophone: agente

Pronoun

a gente

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see a, gente.
  2. (Brazil) we (first-person plural personal pronoun, conjugated in the third person)
    Synonym: nós

Usage notes

  • Takes third-person singular conjugation.
  • Unlike other subject pronouns, including você, a gente may not ever be dropped in a sentence.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:a gente.

See also

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number Person Nominative
(subject)
Accusative
(direct object)
Dative
(indirect object)
Prepositional Prepositional
with com
Non-declining
m f m f m and f m f m f m f
Singular First eu me mim comigo
Second tu te ti contigo você
o senhor a senhora
Third ele ela o
(lo, no)
a
(la, na)
lhe ele ela com ele com ela o mesmo a mesma
se si consigo
Plural First nós nos nós connosco (Portugal)
conosco (Brazil)
a gente
Second vós vos vós convosco, com vós vocês
os senhores as senhoras
Third eles elas os
(los, nos)
as
(las, nas)
lhes eles elas com eles com elas os mesmos as mesmas
se si consigo
Indefinite se si consigo
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