thing / matternounfeminine/ʁɨʃ/highPortuguesEnglishEspanolFrancaisDefinitionThing, object, matter, issue. (Often used in fixed expressions or vaguely).We were talking about work and things.I don't understand anything about that computer stuff.synthingmatterstuffCommon collocationsthing and suchserious matterEtymologyDo latim 'res, rei' (coisa, assunto).Related wordsrealrealidaderealizarreificação