quer dizer

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ(ʁ) d͡ʒiˈze(ʁ)/ [ˈkɛ(h) d͡ʒiˈze(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ(ʁ) d͡ʒiˈze(ʁ)/ [ˈkɛ(h) d͡ʒiˈze(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ(ɾ) d͡ʒiˈze(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ(ʁ) d͡ʒiˈze(ʁ)/ [ˈkɛ(χ) d͡ʒiˈze(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ(ɻ) d͡ʒiˈze(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛɾ diˈzeɾ/ [ˈkɛɾ ðiˈzeɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛɾ diˈzeɾ/ [ˈkɛɾ ðiˈzeɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.ɾi diˈze.ɾi/ [ˈkɛ.ɾi ðiˈze.ɾi]

Interjection

quer dizer

1. I mean (introduces a correction)

   Synonym: digo

   Comprei dez ovos. Quer dizer, doze.

   I bought ten eggs. I mean, twelve.

Further reading

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