What does "né" mean?

Right? / isn't it? / you know — a tag at the end of a sentence.

Language: 🇧🇷 Brazil
Say it: neh
Register: Friends & informal

How it's actually used

Added to the end of a statement to ask for agreement or just to soften the tone. It is also a filler that keeps the conversation moving. You will hear it a dozen times per minute.

Examples

Está calor, né? It's hot, isn't it?
Você vem amanhã, né? You're coming tomorrow, right?

Where it comes from

Short for "não é?" (isn't it?).

Before you say it

Skip it in formal writing. In speech it is normal everywhere in Brazil, but rare in Portugal.

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Now actually use it out loud

Reading a definition isn't the same as saying it to someone. Lingo Kaiava is a voice tutor set to Brazilian Portuguese — it uses né the way locals do, corrects you in the moment, and never "fixes" the way real people actually talk into textbook Brazilian Portuguese.