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What does "nde" mean?

You — a Guaraní word woven into everyday Paraguayan Spanish.

Country
🇵🇾 Paraguay
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n-DEH
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Friends & informal

How it's actually used

Paraguay speaks jopara, a natural blend of Spanish and Guaraní, and nde is one of the most common crossovers. It appears mid-Spanish-sentence without anyone thinking twice.

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Where it comes from

Guaraní for "you" / "your."

Before you say it

Paraguay is the only country in the Americas where an indigenous language is spoken by a majority of the population. Learning Paraguayan Spanish without any Guaraní misses most of it.

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

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