quede
Portuguese, adverb
quede is spelled Q-U-E-D-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese, the 148,558th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quede is a Portuguese adverb meaning “alternative form of cadê” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of quedar. With an accent, quedê is a different word: “alternative form of cadê”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “expressão interrogativa significando que é de, onde está; cadê”.
What does quede mean in English?
adverb
- 1
datedalternative form of cadê
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
adverb
- 1
datedalternative form of cadê
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. forma interrogativa usada para perguntar onde algo ou alguém está
adverb: 1. expressão interrogativa significando que é de, onde está; cadê
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 quede in Portuguese?
quede appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).