também

== Portuguese == === Alternative forms === tbm, tb (text messaging) tamém, tamem (nonstandard) tomém, tomêm (nonstandard, Caipira) tambem, tambêm (pre-reform spelling) tambẽ (obsolete, abbreviation) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese tan ben, from tan (“as, so”) (modern tão) + ben (“well”) (modern bem). Compare with Spanish también and English as well. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ẽj̃, (Portugal) -ɐ̃j̃ Hyphenation: tam‧bém === Adverb === também (not comparable) too; also (in addition; as well) ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:também. ==== Descendants ==== Indo-Portuguese: tamêm === Adverb === não só … mas também (not comparable) not only … but also ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:também. === Interjection === também! of course; no wonder (implying that an outcome was expected) ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:também. ==== Descendants ==== Indo-Portuguese: tamêm Interlingua: tamben Macanese: tamêm === Further reading === “também”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “também”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026