e tal

See also: étal, et. al, et al, and et al.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• e talz (slang)

Etymology

Compare Spanish y tal and Catalan i tal.

Phrase

e tal

1. (informal) and so on, and so forth, and such (and other similar things)

   Synonym: e assim por diante

2. (informal) odd; approximately

   durante cinquenta e tal anos ― during fifty-odd years

Further reading

• “e tal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025