bué
Portuguese, adverb/buˈɛ/
bué is spelled B-U-É (3 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,837th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bué is a Portuguese adverb meaning “to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly; very” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “muito”.
What does bué mean in English?
adverb
- 1
Portugalcolloquialto a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly; very
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. muito
interjection: 1. expressa saudação
noun: 1. choradeira; berreiro
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 bué?
- Brazil /buˈɛ/
- Brazil /ˈbwɛ/
- Portugal /ˈbwɛ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bué in Portuguese?
bué appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).