Portuguese Question Words

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7. Portuguese Question Words

Question or interrogative words for asking information questions in Portuguese:

what	o que*	which	qual (quais)
who	quem	how much	quanto (-a) (-s)
how	como	how many	quanto (-a) (-s)
when	quando	whom	a quem
where	onde	whose	de quem
why	por que*

* The word que always receives the circumflex when it is placed at the end of a sentence.

Você está procurando o quê? You’re looking for what?
Ele acha isso por quê? (Why) does he think so?

Notice that qual changes to quais when the following word is plural, while quanto agrees in gender and number with the noun that follows. Change final -o to -a for feminine, and add -s for plural.

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