aliás
Portuguese, adverb
aliás is spelled A-L-I-Á-S (5 letters) and appears 34 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,675th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aliás is a Portuguese adverb meaning “I mean; actually (introduces the correction of a mistake in one’s own remark)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a plural of aliá. Without its accent, alias is a different word: “second-person singular present indicative of aliar”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “de outra maneira”.
What does aliás mean in English?
adverb
- 1
I mean; actually (introduces the correction of a mistake in one’s own remark)
Eu vi doze pássaros; aliás, treze.
- 2
by the way (introduces a remark of lesser relevance)
Aliás, eu gosto de ler livros.
- 3
furthermore; what's more (introduces a further remark)
Eu já li esse livro. Aliás, já o li duas vezes.
- 4
however
noun
- 1
feminineplural of aliá
verb
- 1
second-person singular present indicative of aliar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. de outra maneira 2. de outro modo 3. ou por outra (usa-se em seguida a uma palavra ou frase escrita por equívoco, seguindo-se-lhe a correta) 4. além disso
noun: 1. forma diversa pela qual um ente é referível
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
English words that translate to aliás
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aliás in Portuguese?
aliás appears 34 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).