nunca

Meaning

Adv

never (at no time; not ever)

Noun

neverness (the quality of not ever being extant or present)

Concepts

never

not ever

when pigs fly

never ever

nevermore

at no time

when Hell freezes over

in the reign of Queen Dick

at latter Lammas

nevah

once in a blue moon

ever

future

ne’er

Synonyms

jamais

em tempo algum

em algum

mesmo

não ... nunca

Translations

jamais

mai

nunca

nooit

niemals

nie

mai

jamás

nimmer

nimmer

giammai

numquam

asla

hîç

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈnũ.kɐ/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: numquam

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese nunca, from Latin numquam (“never”).

Sentences

Ela nunca disse isso a ela .

He’d never told her that.

Mas eu nunca disse nada assim .

But I never said anything like that.

Quem deve , nunca tem um bom tempo .

Whoever should, never has a good time.

Foi algo que pensei que poderia acontecer apenas com os outros ? nunca para mim .

It was something I thought could happen only to others-never to me.

Nunca havia passado tanto calor .

Never before had it been so hot.

Tudo mudou naquele mundo que o velho nunca havia deixado .

Everything changed in that world the old man had never left.