auê
Portuguese, noun/awˈe/
auê is spelled A-U-Ê (3 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 82,742nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Auê is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fuss; tumult” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “situação dominada por grande alvoroço; confusão, tumulto, bagunça, rebelião”.
What does auê mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineslangfuss; tumult
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. situação dominada por grande alvoroço; confusão, tumulto, bagunça, rebelião
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 auê
- auês plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce auê?
- Brazil /awˈe/
- Brazil [aʊ̯ˈe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is auê in Portuguese?
auê appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).