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e daí

Portuguese, interjection/i daˈi/

e daí is spelled E-D-A-Í (4 letters). E daí is a Portuguese interjection meaning “so what? (reply to an unimportant or irrelevant statement, indicating indifference on the part of the speaker)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does e daí mean in English?

interjection

  1. 1

    so what? (reply to an unimportant or irrelevant statement, indicating indifference on the part of the speaker)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. resposta à uma afirmação irrelevante, indica indiferença em relação àquele que fala a afirmação

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 e daí

  • idaí alternative Brazil Internet

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce e daí?

  • Brazil /i daˈi/
  • Portugal /i dɐˈi/
  • Portugal [i ðɐˈi]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

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