cadê

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See also: cade, Cade, cadé, -cade, and cad é

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From earlier quedê, from que é (feito) de ...?.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ca‧dê

Adverb

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cadê

  1. (Brazil, informal) where is (it)?
    Cadê meu patinho de borracha? É sério, cadê?
    Where's my rubber duck? I'm serious, where is it?

Usage notes

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  • cadê by itself is used to ask "where is it", particularly in the sense "where has it gone"; meanwhile, when followed by a noun or pronoun, it refers to the specified object, such as in cadê você, "where are you?".

References

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  1. ^ cadê”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ cadê”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024