Meaning

  1. (dative, form-of) dative of ele and ela: (to) him/her/it
  2. (dative, form-of) dative of você, o senhor, and a senhora: (to) you
  3. (Portugal) equivalent to a third- or second-person possessive pronoun
  4. (Brazil, accusative, form-of) accusative of você
  5. (Brazil, accusative, form-of) accusative of ele and ela

você

  1. (by-personal-gender, feminine, formal, informal, masculine) second-person singular personal pronoun; you
  2. (by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine) indefinite pronoun; you; one

o senhor

  1. (formal) second-person masculine singular personal pronoun; you
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see o, senhor.

Concepts

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʎi/
Etymology

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese lle, from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese li , from Latin illī, dative of ille. Cognate with Old Spanish ge and Italian gli (dative).

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