eh
Portuguese, verb/ɛ/
eh is spelled E-H (2 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,707th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eh is a Portuguese verb meaning “alternative spelling of é (“is”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does eh mean in English?
verb
- 1
alternative spelling of é (“is”)
interjection
- 1
alternative spelling of é (“yeah”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. expressa dúvida sobre o que está sendo dito 2. o mesmo que é
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 eh?
- Portugal /ɛ/
- /éh/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is eh in Portuguese?
eh appears 17 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).