também

See also: tambem and tambêm

Portuguese

Alternative forms

tbm (Internet slang)
tamém, tamem (nonstandard)
tomém, tomêm (nonstandard, Caipira)
tambêm, tambem (obsolete)
tambẽ (obsolete, abbreviation)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tan ben, from tan (“so”) (modern tão) + ben (“well”) (modern bem). Compare with Spanish también.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɐ̃ˈbẽj̃/ [tɐ̃ˈbẽɪ̯̃], (nonstandard) /taˈmẽj̃/ [taˈmẽɪ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɐ̃ˈbɐ̃j̃/, (nonstandard) /tɐˈmɐ̃j̃/

Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃
Hyphenation: tam‧bém

Adverb

também (not comparable)

too; also (in addition; as well)
Compra um livro e também um lápis.
Buy a book and a pencil too.

(O) Teu irmão também quer ir.
Your brother also wants to go.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:também.

Descendants

Indo-Portuguese: tamêm

Adverb

não só … mas também (not comparable)

not only … but also

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:também.

Interjection

também!

of course; no wonder (implying that an outcome was expected)
– (O) João afogou-se!
– Também! Ele não sabe nadar...
– John drowned!
– Of course! He doesn’t know how to swim...

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:também.

Descendants

Indo-Portuguese: tamêm
Interlingua: tamben
Macanese: tamêm

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