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quasi

Portuguese, adverb

quasi is a Portuguese adverb meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of quase” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, quási is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1945) of quase”.

What does quasi mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of quase

adverb

as quási
  1. 1

    pre-reform spelling (used until 1945) of quase

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. vide quase

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.

How common is quasi in Portuguese?

quasi appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).