todo mundo

Portuguese

Etymology

Likely contraction of the more grammatical form todo o mundo (“the entire world”).[1]

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌto.duˈmũ.du/, /tu.duˈmũ.du/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌto.doˈmũ.do/, /tu.duˈmũ.do/

Pronoun

todo mundo m

(Brazil) everyone; everybody
Synonyms: todos, toda a gente
- 2000, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban [Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban] (Harry Potter; 3), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 336:
  Francamente, vão acordar todo mundo!
  Frankly, you are going to wake up everybody!

References

“wordreference.com forum thread: todo mundo?”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎, accessed March 16, 2015

Spanish

Pronoun

(Latin America) Alternative form of todo el mundo

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