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Study Resource: Forms of the Brazilian Portuguese quantifiers

By: Ana Amélia Rodrigues dos Santos

Here we cover all of the different forms of the following Brazilian Portuguese quantifiers:

todo meaning all
nenhum meaning none
ambos meaning both
qualquer meaning any
cada meaning each

muito meaning many, a lot of
pouco meaning few, a little
tanto meaning so much, so many
algum meaning some, any

quanto meaning how much/many?
cujo meaning whose
bastante meaning enough, many
vários meaning many, several

Universal quantifiers in Brazilian Portuguese

* These forms are rarely used in Brazilian Portuguese.
	todo meaning all	nenhum meaning none	ambos meaning both	qualquer meaning any	cada meaning each
Masculine (sg.)	todo	nenhum	--	qualquer	cada
Masculine (pl.)	todo	nenhuns*	ambos	quaisquer	--
Feminine (sg.)	toda	nenhuma	--	qualquer	cada
Feminine (pl.)	todas	nenhumas*	ambas	quaisquer	--
Uses	pronoun & adjective			adjective
Agreement	variable				invariable

Existential quantifiers in Brazilian Portuguese


	muito meaning many, a lot of	pouco meaning few, a little	tanto meaning so much, many	algum meaning some, any	vários meaning many, several	bastante meaning enough, many
Masculine (sg.)	muito	pouco	tanto	algum	vários	bastante
Masculine (pl.)	muitos	poucos	tantos	alguns	vários	bastante
Feminine (sg.)	muita	pouca	tanta	alguma	várias	bastantes
Feminine (pl.)	muitas	poucas	tantas	algumas	várias	bastantes
Agreement	variable

The interrogative quantifier in Brazilian Portuguese


	quanto meaning how much/many?
Masculine (sg.)	quanto
Masculine (pl.)	quantos
Feminine (sg.)	quanta
Feminine (pl.)	quantas
Agreement	variable

Relative quantifiers in Brazilian Portuguese


	quanto meaning how much/many?	cujo meaning whose
Masculine (sg.)	quanto	cujo
Masculine (pl.)	quantos	cujos
Feminine (sg.)	quanta	cuja
Feminine (pl.)	quantas	cujas
Agreement	variable