"quase" meaning in Portuguese

See quase in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ˈkwa.zi/ [Brazil], /ˈkwa.zi/ [Brazil], /ˈkwa.ze/ [Southern-Brazil], /ˈkwa.zɨ/ [Portugal] Forms: quási [alternative], quasi [alternative], quazi [alternative], quaze [alternative], quaje [alternative]
Rhymes: -azi, -azɨ Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin quasi (“as if”).. Cognate of Spanish casi, Spanish cuasi, French quasi and Italian quasi. Etymology templates: {{lbor|pt|la|quasi|t=as if}} Learned borrowing from Latin quasi (“as if”), {{cog|es|casi}} Spanish casi, {{cog|es|cuasi}} Spanish cuasi, {{cog|fr|quasi}} French quasi, {{cog|it|quasi}} Italian quasi Head templates: {{pt-adv|hascomp=no}} quase (not comparable)
  1. almost (very close to) Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-quase-pt-adv-3vDcd201

Noun

IPA: /ˈkwa.zi/ [Brazil], /ˈkwa.zi/ [Brazil], /ˈkwa.ze/ [Southern-Brazil], /ˈkwa.zɨ/ [Portugal] Forms: quases [plural], quási [alternative], quasi [alternative], quazi [alternative], quaze [alternative], quaje [alternative]
Rhymes: -azi, -azɨ Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin quasi (“as if”).. Cognate of Spanish casi, Spanish cuasi, French quasi and Italian quasi. Etymology templates: {{lbor|pt|la|quasi|t=as if}} Learned borrowing from Latin quasi (“as if”), {{cog|es|casi}} Spanish casi, {{cog|es|cuasi}} Spanish cuasi, {{cog|fr|quasi}} French quasi, {{cog|it|quasi}} Italian quasi Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} quase m (plural quases)
  1. (informal) almost (a situation that almost happens) Tags: informal, masculine
    Sense id: en-quase-pt-noun-ksHwDNde Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87 Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 32 68

Alternative forms

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