quasequa.se [k′wazi]adv1 almost, near(ly):
a água subiu quase à beira do poço / the water rose almost to the top of the well:
ele é quase cego / he is nearly blind.
2 approximately, about, not quite.
3 within an ace of:
quase teria sido atropelado / he was within an ace of being run over.
4 scarcely, hardly:
é quase impossível / it is hardly impossible.
5 next to.
6 quasi, as if.
Expressõesestar quase decidido a to have half a mind to:
estou quase decidido a ir / I have half a mind to go.
quase a mesma coisa pretty much the same.
quase nada next to nothing, little or nothing.
quase nunca hardly ever, almost never.
quase sempre nearly always, most of the time.
quase tão alto about as high.
