adeus

See also: adéus

Catalan

Alternative forms

• adéus (pre-2016)

Noun

adeus

1. plural of adeu

Galician

Etymology

From Medieval Latin ad Deum (“to God”). Compare Aragonese adiós, Asturian adiós, Catalan adeu, Dutch aju, English adieu, Extremaduran adiós, French adieu, German tschüss, Greek αντίο (antío), Italian addio, Maltese addiju, Mirandese adius, Occitan adieu, Portuguese adeus, Romanian adio, Serbo-Croatian ади̏о/adȉo, Slovene adȋjo, Spanish adiós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈðeʊ̯s]

Noun

adeus m (plural adeuses)

1. a goodbye

Interjection

adeus

1. goodbye
   • c1950, folk song recorded by Alan Lomax:

     Agora adeus, adeus
     Sabés que me vou
     Non chorés agora
     que inda aquí che estou

     Now goodbye, goodbye,
     you know I'm going;
     Don't you cry just now
     cause I'm still here.

   Synonyms: abur, aburiño, chao, chau, deica

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “adeus”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “adeus”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “adeus”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “adeus”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin ad Deum (“to God”). Compare Aragonese, Asturian, Extremaduran, and Spanish adiós, Catalan adeu, Dutch ajuus, English, French, and Occitan adieu, German tschüss, Greek αντίο (antío), Galician adeus, Italian addio, Maltese addiju, Mirandese adius, Romanian adio, Serbo-Croatian ади̏о/adȉo, Slovene adȋjo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈdews/ [aˈdeʊ̯s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈdews/ [aˈdeʊ̯s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aˈdewʃ/ [aˈdeʊ̯ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈdewʃ/ [ɐˈðewʃ]

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Interjection

adeus

1. goodbye (farewell)

   Synonyms: tchau, até mais, falou, (Mozambique) ambanine

Usage notes

While in Portugal, adeus is used to simply say goodbye, in Brazil it is usually used for long or permanent departures.

Descendants

• Papiamentu: ayó
• → Konkani: आदेव्स (ādevsa)

Further reading

• “adeus”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “adeus”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025