que fosse
Portuguese, adverb
que fosse is a Portuguese adverb meaning “the past form of que seja: modifies a quantity in past negative or past potential contexts (possibilities, necessities, wishes) or…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does que fosse mean in English?
adverb
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the past form of que seja: modifies a quantity in past negative or past potential contexts (possibilities, necessities, wishes) or counterfactuals to express that the quantity is small but would have been sufficient: even; only
Pedi que me desse vinte e cinco centavos que fossem, que tinha fome.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).