naquele
Portuguese, contraction/naˈke.li/
naquele is spelled N-A-Q-U-E-L-E (7 letters) and appears 71 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,363rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Naquele is a Portuguese contraction meaning “contraction of em + aquele, literally “in that”” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contração da preposição em com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo aquele”.
What does naquele mean in English?
contraction
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contraction of em + aquele, literally “in that”
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
contraction: 1. contração da preposição em com o pronome ou determinante demonstrativo aquele
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 naquele
- naquela feminine
- naqueles masculine plural
- naquelas feminine plural
- naquilo neuter
- naquelle alternative
- n'aquelle alternative
- naquêlle alternative obsolete
- naquêle alternative obsolete
- n'aquele alternative obsolete
- naq̃lle alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce naquele?
- Brazil /naˈke.li/
- Portugal /nɐˈke.lɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is naquele in Portuguese?
naquele appears 71 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).