idem

Portuguese, pronoun/ˈi.dẽj̃/

idem is a Portuguese pronoun meaning “idem, ditto (the aforesaid, the same)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does idem mean in English?

pronoun

1
idem, ditto (the aforesaid, the same)

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

How do you pronounce idem?

Brazil /ˈi.dẽj̃/
Brazil [ˈi.dẽɪ̯̃]
Portugal /ˈi.dɐ̃j̃/

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

English words that translate to idem

ditto

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is idem in Portuguese?

idem appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.

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Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).