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nem a pau

Portuguese, adverb

nem a pau is a Portuguese adverb meaning “definitely not; by no means” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does nem a pau mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    definitely not; by no means

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. de jeito nenhum

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.