aqui
Portuguese, noun/aˈki/
aqui is spelled A-Q-U-I (4 letters) and appears 1,514 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 64th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aqui is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “here (the present place)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does aqui mean in English?
adverb
- 1
here (in this place)
- 2
hither (to this place)
- 3
here (at this time; at the present situation)
- 4
slangused in expressions of praise or joy to refer to oneself or a group one is part of
Aqui é rock and roll, mano!
noun
- 1
masculinehere (the present place)
- 2
masculinehere (the present situation)
prefix
- 1
alternative spelling of aque-
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. lugar onde situa-se o interlocutor 2. para o local onde situa-se o interlocutor
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.
Forms of aqui
- aki alternative Internet
- aquy alternative obsolete
- aquis plural
- aquo- alternative
- aqua- alternative
- aque- alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aqui?
- Brazil /aˈki/
- Portugal /ɐˈki/
- Brazil /a.kwi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aqui
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aqui in Portuguese?
aqui appears 1,514 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).