tão depressa

//ˈtãw de.ˈpɾe.sə// phrase

The verdict

“tão depressa” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a phrase — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
12
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: logo que, assim que, no momento em que

Key facts for tão depressa
PropertyValue
Headwordtão depressa
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
IPA/ˈtãw de.ˈpɾe.sə/
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tão depressa” sits in Portuguese frequency

tão depressa falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for tão depressa is 12 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈtãw de.ˈpɾe.sə/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "logo que, assim que, no momento em que".

No misspelling variants are generated for tão depressa in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is tão depressa, spelled T-Ã-O- -D-E-P-R-E-S-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    logo que, assim que, no momento em que

Synonyms

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tão depressa"?
"tão depressa" is spelled T-Ã-O- -D-E-P-R-E-S-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈtãw de.ˈpɾe.sə/.
What does "tão depressa" mean?
As a phrase, "tão depressa" means: logo que, assim que, no momento em que
How do you pronounce "tão depressa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tão depressa" is /ˈtãw de.ˈpɾe.sə/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tão depressa" come from?
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Using “tão depressa”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-Ã-O- -D-E-P-R-E-S-S-A — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ˈtãw de.ˈpɾe.sə/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.