o que

See also: oque and o quê

Fala

Pronoun

o que

1. (relative) what
   • 2000, Domingo Frades Gaspar, Vamus a falal: Notas pâ coñocel y platical en nosa fala, Editora regional da Extremadura, Chapter 1: Lengua Española:

     I si “a patria do homi é sua lengua”, cumu idía Albert Camus, o que está claru é que a lengua está mui por encima de fronteiras, serras, rius i maris, de situaciós pulíticas i sociu-económicas, de lazus religiosus e inclusu familiaris.

     And if “a man’s homeland is his language”, as Albert Camus said, what is clear is that language is above borders, mountain ranges, rivers and seas, above political and socio-economic situations, of religious and even family ties.

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese o que.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u ˌki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /u ˌki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /o ˌke/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /u kɨ/

Pronoun

o que

2. (interrogative) what

   O que aconteceu?

   What happened?

4. (relative) what

   Ele sabe o que ele quer.

   He knows what he wants.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:o que.

Related terms

• o quê