demorou
Portuguese, interjection/de.moˈɾo(w)/
demorou is spelled D-E-M-O-R-O-U (7 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Demorou is a Portuguese interjection meaning “a confirmation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular preterite indicative of demorar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “expressa que se está de acordo, que se aceita e se anseia por se ter ou realizar o proposto imediatamente ou…”.
What does demorou mean in English?
interjection
- 1
Brazilslanga confirmation
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of demorar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. expressa que se está de acordo, que se aceita e se anseia por se ter ou realizar o proposto imediatamente ou o quanto antes
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 demorou
- demorô alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce demorou?
- Brazil /de.moˈɾo(w)/
- Brazil [de.moˈɾo(ʊ̯)]
- Portugal /dɨ.muˈɾo(w)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is demorou in Portuguese?
demorou appears 15 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).