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The most common Portuguese pronouns

The 55 pronouns you will meet most often in Portuguese, ordered by frequency rather than by textbook chapter. Between them they account for 4.7% of everyday speech.

55pronouns
4.7%of everyday speech
#21rank of the commonest
#WordEnglishSay itShare
21euIeh-oo0.676%
31vocêyouvoh-SEH0.361%
32mememee0.355%
36eleheEH-lee0.245%
44issothat, itEE-soo0.219%
46nosusnoos0.209%
49seoneself (reflexive pronoun)see0.871%
55elasheEH-lah0.182%
64teyou (obj.)tee0.155%
65tudoeverythingTOO-doo0.155%
73quemwhokeng0.135%
95elestheyEH-leess0.100%
112mimme (after prep.)meeng0.079%
136nóswenawss0.066%
150qualwhich, whatkwow0.094%
159alguémsomeoneahl-GENG0.059%
180comigowith mekoh-MEE-goo0.055%
204ninguémnobodyneen-GENG0.046%
236algosomethingOW-goo0.041%
259tuyou (informal)too0.038%
264lheto him/herlyee0.038%
277dissoof that (de+isso)DEE-soo0.035%
284delehis (de+ele)DEH-lee0.035%
315delaher (de+ela)DEH-lah0.031%
327elasthey (feminine)EH-lahs0.029%
365istothisEES-too0.026%
399delestheir (de+eles)DEH-lees0.024%
489sioneselfsee0.019%
527nessain thatNEH-sa0.018%
542nestain thisNES-ta0.018%
764tiyou (after prep.)chee0.013%
808aquilothat (thing)ah-KEE-loo0.012%
881quantohow muchKWAN-too0.011%
923youyou (English)yoo0.010%
937usus (English)oos0.010%
959delastheir, of them (fem.)DEH-lahs0.010%
1099elhe/the (variant)EL0.009%
1225nelein him/itNEH-lee0.008%
1312naquelein thatnah-KEH-lee0.007%
1364nissoin that/on thisNEE-soo0.007%
1439daqueleof thatdah-KEH-lee0.006%
1553quêwhatKEH0.006%
1702vossoyour (pl.)VOH-soo0.005%
1740ititEET0.005%
1741naquelain thatnah-KEH-lah0.005%
1742nelain/on herNEH-lah0.005%
1766destasof theseDES-tas0.005%
1804vosyou (archaic plural)VOHS0.005%
1835vcyou (você, texting)vo-SEH0.005%
1932daquelesof thoseda-KE-lees0.004%
1942voceyou (você)vo-SEH0.004%
2146daquelafrom that (fem.)dah-KEH-lah0.004%
2217conoscowith uskoh-NOS-koo0.004%
2501nadanothingNAH-dah0.098%
3571vósyou (plural)VOHS0.001%

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