ámen
Portuguese, interjection
ámen is spelled Á-M-E-N (4 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 77,804th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ámen is a Portuguese interjection meaning “alternative form of amém” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, âmen is a different word: “alternative form of amém”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “assim seja”.
What does ámen mean in English?
interjection
- 1
alternative form of amém
interjection
- 1
alternative form of amém
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. amém
interjection: 1. amém
noun: 1. amém
interjection: 1. assim seja
noun: 1. demasiada condescendência 2. aprovação ou acordo incondicional
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 common is ámen in Portuguese?
ámen appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).