anauê
Portuguese, interjection/a.nawˈe/
anauê is spelled A-N-A-U-Ê (5 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written Portuguese, the 166,096th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anauê is a Portuguese interjection meaning “designating a greeting or salutation (a term usually uttered with the raised gesture of the right hand, originally used by the Boy Scouts…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does anauê mean in English?
interjection
- 1
Brazildateddesignating a greeting or salutation (a term usually uttered with the raised gesture of the right hand, originally used by the Boy Scouts and from the 1930s onwards by members of the Brazilian Integralist Action.)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How do you pronounce anauê?
- Brazil /a.nawˈe/
- Brazil [a.naʊ̯ˈe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is anauê in Portuguese?
anauê appears about once in every 33 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).