dou
Portuguese, verb/ˈdo(w)/
dou is spelled D-O-U (3 letters) and appears 50 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dou is a Portuguese verb meaning “first-person singular present indicative of dar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does dou mean in English?
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of dar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Diário Oficial da União
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 dou?
- Brazil /ˈdo(w)/
- Brazil [ˈdo(ʊ̯)]
- Portugal /ˈdo(w)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dou in Portuguese?
dou appears 50 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).