até
Portuguese, preposition
até is spelled A-T-É (3 letters) and appears 1,622 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 57th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Até is a Portuguese preposition meaning “until (up to the time of something happening)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, atê is a different word: “apocopic form of ater; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las”. Without its accent, ate is a different word: “first/third-person singular present subjunctive”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indica limite temporal ou espacial”.
What does até mean in English?
preposition
- 1
until (up to the time of something happening)
A aula dura até às dez horas.
- 2
by (at some point before the given time)
Será feito até dia quinze.
- 3
to (all the way to a place)
Fui até à minha casa.
- 4
up to (to the point of; as much as)
Podem comer até duas fatias de bolo.
- 5
see you (followed by an indication of a later moment)
Até domingo.
adverb
- 1
even (implying an extreme example in the case mentioned)
Até as menores aranhas podem matar.
- 2
including (introducing one or more parts of the group or topic just mentioned)
Fecha todas as janelas, até a do banheiro.
- 3
Brazilvery much; to a great extent (implies a continuation)
Quando chegar a/em casa, vou comer e beber até!
interjection
- 1
Brazilinformalshort for any farewell containing até (até-logo, até mais, até breve, até já): see ya; see you later; see you soon
verb
- 1
apocopic form of ater; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. também, inclusive 2. no máximo
interjection: 1. expressa despedimento a quem está a ir-se embora ou quando se está de si a ir-se embora
preposition: 1. indica limite temporal ou espacial
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.
Forms of até
- té alternative nonstandard
- inté alternative dialectal nonstandard
- atás alternative Northern Portugal
- ateh alternative Internet
- atê alternative obsolete
- atè alternative obsolete
- ate alternative obsolete
- athé alternative obsolete
- athe alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to até
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is até in Portuguese?
até appears 1,622 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).