# não

> Portuguese word · Adverb · IPA /ˈnɐ̃w̃/ · frequency rank #11

## Definitions
1. usado para negar verbos e adjetivos
2. em frases interrogativas, serve como realce de afirmação implícita ou dúvida

## Easily confused with
- **no** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/nao-vs-no)
- **né** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/nao-vs-ne)
- **nd** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/nao-vs-nd)
- **nu** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/nao-vs-nu)
- **ni** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/nao-vs-ni)
- **nn** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/nao-vs-nn)
- **nos** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/nao-vs-nos)
- **nas** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/nao-vs-nas)
- **nem** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/nao-vs-nem)
- **num** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/nao-vs-num)
- **new** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/nao-vs-new)
- **Not** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/nao-vs-not)
- **net** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/nao-vs-net)
- **now** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/nao-vs-now)
- **non** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/nao-vs-non)
- **nua** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/nao-vs-nua)
- **nau** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/nao-vs-nau)
- **nom** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/nao-vs-nom)
- **noz** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/nao-vs-noz)
- **nei** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/nao-vs-nei)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/nao