nenhum
Portuguese, determiner/nẽˈɲũ/
nenhum is a Portuguese determiner meaning “no, none” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does nenhum mean in English?
determiner
- 1
no, none
Nenhuma pessoa foi vista por aqui.
pronoun
- 1
not any, none
Eu não encontrei nenhum.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. nem um só / único 2. nulo 3. qualquer
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 nenhum
- nenhuma feminine
- nenhuns masculine plural
- nenhumas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nenhum?
- Brazil /nẽˈɲũ/
- Brazil [nẽˈj̃ũ]
- Portugal /nɨˈɲũ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nenhum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nenhum in Portuguese?
nenhum appears 219 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).