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que seja

Portuguese, pronoun

que seja is a Portuguese pronoun meaning “whatever (whatever it is: expresses both uncertainty and indifference towards the nature of something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does que seja mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    modifies a quantity in negative or potential contexts (possibilities, necessities, wishes) to express that the quantity is small but would be sufficient: even; only

    Peço que me dês vinte e cinco centavos que sejam, que tenho fome.

pronoun

  1. 1

    whatever (whatever it is: expresses both uncertainty and indifference towards the nature of something)

    A mim não importa se o meu médico é comunista ou o que seja.

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

English words that translate to que seja

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.