quase

Meaning

Adv

almost (very close to)

Noun

almost (a situation that almost happens)

Hyphenated as

qua‧se

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkwa.zi/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin quasi (“as if”).. Cognate of Spanish casi, Spanish cuasi, French quasi and Italian quasi.

Sentences

Você passou por mim na rua quase todo dia .

You passed me on the street almost every day.

Bem , eu quase saí quase !

Well, I almost got out almost!

Quase todos eram inocentes .

Almost all of them were innocent.

É quase como se ele tivesse estado aqui e deixado sua marca ? ele pensou .

It's almost as if he'd been here and left his mark, ”he thought.

A coisa em si estava quase totalmente enterrada na areia .

The thing itself was almost entirely buried in the sand.

Bentinho quase que não sai de lá .

Bentinho hardly leaves there.

Ele psicografou quase quinhentos livros .

He psychographed almost five hundred books.

Houve um acidente no trabalho ? um estouro de camelo quase matou o zelador .

Was there an accident at work? A camel burst nearly killed the janitor.