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que dirá

Portuguese, conjunction

que dirá is a Portuguese conjunction meaning “let alone; used after one negative clause to introduce another, usually broader and more important clause, whose negation is implied by the…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does que dirá mean in English?

conjunction

  1. 1

    let alone; used after one negative clause to introduce another, usually broader and more important clause, whose negation is implied by the negation of the first

    Ela não sabe fritar um ovo, que dirá cozinhar em um restaurante.

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

Forms of que dirá

  • quem dirá alternative nonstandard

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).