cadacê

See also: cadacé

Macanese

Etymology

Possibly Portuguese cada (“each”) +‎ você (“you”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ka.daˈse/

Pronoun

cadacê

  1. each
  2. everyone
    Cadacê sandê unga candia-céra
    Everyone lights a candle
  3. each one

Synonyms

References
  1. Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “cadacê”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau
  2. https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm#c
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