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See also: ñunca
Asturian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adverb[edit]
nunca
Synonyms[edit]
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Portuguese nunca, from Latin numquam (“never”).
Adverb[edit]
nunca
Synonyms[edit]
- (never): endexamais, xamais
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Portuguese nunca, from Latin numquam (“never”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
nunca (not comparable)
- never (at no time; not ever)
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 139:
- Você nunca me deu a impressão de gostar tanto assim da matéria.
- You never gave me the impression of liking that subject so much.
- Nunca vi esse filme.
- I have never seen this film.
- Nunca tenha certeza do sucesso.
- Never be sure of success.
- Synonym: jamais
Quotations[edit]
For quotations using this term, see Citations:nunca.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Kabuverdianu: nunca
Noun[edit]
nunca m (plural nuncas)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Spanish nunqua, from Vulgar Latin *numqua, from Latin numquam, from ne + umquam.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
nunca
- never
- Nunca he probado la langosta.
- I've never tasted lobster.
- 2008, Fausto Ponce, Fuera de lugar, Lulu.com, page 7:
- Nunca te va a hacer una chingadera.
- He will never screw you over.
- Synonyms: jamás, en su vida
- ever
- Estamos mejor que nunca.
- We're better than ever.
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “nunca” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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