adeus
Portuguese, interjection/aˈdews/
adeus is spelled A-D-E-U-S (5 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,549th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adeus is a Portuguese interjection meaning “goodbye (farewell)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “Deus vá consigo!”.
What does adeus mean in English?
interjection
- 1
goodbye (farewell)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. Deus vá consigo! 2. boa viagem! 3. tchau! 4. chau/xau!
noun: 1. despedida 2. tchau 3. chau
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce adeus?
- Brazil /aˈdews/
- Brazil [aˈdeʊ̯s]
- /aˈdewʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to adeus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adeus in Portuguese?
adeus appears 25 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).