depois

Interlingua

Adverb

depois

afterwards, later

Portuguese

Alternative forms

depoys (obsolete)
despois (regional or archaic)
dispois (regional or archaic)
despoys (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese depois, depos, from Vulgar Latin dē post. Compare Spanish después, French depuis.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈpojs/ [deˈpoɪ̯s]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /deˈpojʃ/ [deˈpoɪ̯ʃ]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /dɨˈpojʃ/

Homophone: depôs (Brazil)
Hyphenation: de‧pois

Adverb

depois (not comparable)

later (afterwards in time)
Synonym: mais tarde

Antonym: antes

Lerei o livro depois.
I’ll read the book later.
besides; after all
Synonyms: ademais, até porque, aliás

Depois, nem preciso (de) lê-lo.
Besides, I don’t even need to read it.
immediately beyond, just after
Synonym: a seguir

Ali está a igreja, e (a) minha casa fica depois.
There is the church, and my house is just beyond.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:depois.

Derived terms

depois de
depois que

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