qualquer
Portuguese, determiner/ˌkwawˈkɛ(ʁ)/
qualquer is spelled Q-U-A-L-Q-U-E-R (8 letters) and appears 617 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 147th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Qualquer is a Portuguese feminine determiner meaning “any; whatever (no matter what kind, which or who)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does qualquer mean in English?
determiner
- 1
femininemasculineany; whatever (no matter what kind, which or who)
Escolhe qualquer livro.
- 2
femininemasculinesome (in an unspecified time)
Qualquer dia o visito.
pronoun
- 1
any (no matter what kind, which or who)
Qualquer de meus amigos pode te ajudar.
- 2
anyone (no matter who)
Qualquer pode fazer esse trabalho.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. pronome indefinido variável singular que significa todo ou toda 2. pessoa ou coisa indeterminada 3. usado para excluir qualquer dos elementos do conjunto referido pelo substantivo ou pronome a que está ligado; 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.
Forms of qualquer
- quaisquer plural
- qq alternative abbreviation
- qlqr alternative abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce qualquer?
- Brazil /ˌkwawˈkɛ(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ˌkwaʊ̯ˈkɛ(h)]
- Brazil /ˌkawˈkɛ(ʁ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to qualquer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is qualquer in Portuguese?
qualquer appears 617 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).