déjà vu
Portuguese, noun/de.ʒaˈvu/
déjà vu is spelled D-É-J-À-V-U (6 letters). Déjà vu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “déjà vu (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sensação ilusória de já ter presenciado, experienciado, vivido determinado fato ou de tê-lo em sua memória…”.
What does déjà vu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedéjà vu (something which one has or suspects to have seen or experienced before)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sensação ilusória de já ter presenciado, experienciado, vivido determinado fato ou de tê-lo em sua memória, quando na realidade é inédito 2. coisa banal, familiar
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 déjà vu?
- Brazil /de.ʒaˈvu/
- Brazil /de.ʒaˈvi/
- Portugal /dɛ.ʒaˈvu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.