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vice-versa

Portuguese, adverb/ˌvi.siˈvɛʁ.sɐ/

vice-versa is a Portuguese adverb meaning “vice versa (the other way round)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “em sentido inverso”.

What does vice-versa mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    vice versa (the other way round)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. em sentido inverso 2. reciprocamente

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 vice-versa

  • v.v. alternative initialism
  • vice versa alternative nonstandard
  • vice e versa alternative nonstandard

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce vice-versa?

  • Brazil /ˌvi.siˈvɛʁ.sɐ/
  • Brazil [ˌvi.siˈvɛh.sɐ]
  • /ˌvi.siˈvɛɾ.sɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.