né
Portuguese, contraction
né is spelled N-É (2 letters) and appears 51 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,846th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Né is a Portuguese contraction meaning “contraction of não é (“is not”), used as a tag question to ask for someone's opinion: isn't it (so); innit; right” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, NE is a different word: “abbreviation of nordeste”. With an accent, nê is a different word: “The name of the Latin script letter N/n”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contração de não + é”.
What does né mean in English?
contraction
- 1
colloquialcontraction of não é (“is not”), used as a tag question to ask for someone's opinion: isn't it (so); innit; right
Você já comeu, né?
- 2
colloquialExpresses that something is obvious; commonly spoken with emphasis; duh; obviously
Do que é feito um anel de diamante? De diamantes, né?!
noun
- 1
masculineabbreviation of nordeste
noun
- 1
masculineThe name of the Latin script letter N/n.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
contraction: 1. contração de não + é
abbreviation: 1. nordeste
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 né
- nês plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to né
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is né in Portuguese?
né appears 51 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).