etcétera
Portuguese, adverb/etˈsɛ.te.ɾɐ/
etcétera is a Portuguese adverb meaning “et cetera, and so on” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “à maneira que se considera os restantes, as demais coisas não explicitadas mas logicamente ou implicita e…”.
What does etcétera mean in English?
adverb
- 1
et cetera, and so on
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. à maneira que se considera os restantes, as demais coisas não explicitadas mas logicamente ou implicita e contextualmente relacionáveis 2. à maneira que se inclui os restantes, as demais coisas não explicitadas mas logicamente ou implicita e contextualmente relacionáveis
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 etcétera
- et cetera alternative
- etc. alternative abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce etcétera?
- Brazil /etˈsɛ.te.ɾɐ/
- Portugal /itˈsɛ.tɨ.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is etcétera in Portuguese?
etcétera appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).