quer
Portuguese, conjunction/ˈkɛ(ʁ)/
quer is spelled Q-U-E-R (4 letters) and appears 692 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 130th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quer is a Portuguese conjunction meaning “whether … or” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of querer. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ou”.
What does quer mean in English?
conjunction
- 1
whether … or
Iremos, quer chova ou não. / Iremos, quer chova, quer não.
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
conjunction: 1. ou
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.
Forms of quer
- quer … quer canonical
- quer … ou canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quer?
- Brazil /ˈkɛ(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ˈkɛ(h)]
- /ˈkɛ(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quer in Portuguese?
quer appears 692 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).