ei
Portuguese, adverb/ˈej/
ei is spelled E-I (2 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,623rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ei is a Portuguese adverb meaning “apocopic form of eis; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ei mean in English?
adverb
- 1
apocopic form of eis; used preceding the pronouns lo, la, los or las
interjection
- 1
hey (exclamation to get attention)
suffix
- 1
a suffix indicating the first-person singular preterite indicative of -ar
suffix
- 1
a suffix indicating the first-person singular future indicative of -ar, appended to the infinitive
- 2
a suffix indicating the first-person singular future indicative of -er, appended to the infinitive
- 3
a suffix indicating the first-person singular future indicative of -ir, appended to the infinitive
suffix
- 1
a suffix indicating the second-person plural imperative of -er
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Estado Islâmico
abbreviation: 1. Esporte Interativo, canal de televisão
suffix: 1. indicador de primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito do indicativo dos verbos terminados em -ar (primeira conjugação) 2. indicador de segunda pessoa do plural do imperativo afirmativo dos verbos terminados em -er (segunda conjugação)
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 ei
- ei! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ei?
- Brazil /ˈej/
- Brazil [ˈeɪ̯]
- Portugal /ˈɐj/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ei
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ei in Portuguese?
ei appears 35 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).