todes
Portuguese, pronoun/ˈto.d͡ʒis/
todes is spelled T-O-D-E-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 111,334th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Todes is a Portuguese neuter pronoun meaning “gender-neutral neologism for todos and todas (“everyone”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “forma sem gênero equivalente a todos ou todas”.
What does todes mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
neuternonstandardgender-neutral neologism for todos and todas (“everyone”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. forma sem gênero equivalente a todos ou todas
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 do you pronounce todes?
- Brazil /ˈto.d͡ʒis/
- /ˈto.d͡ʒiʃ/
- Portugal /ˈto.dɨʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is todes in Portuguese?
todes appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).