elu
Portuguese, pronoun/ˈe.lu/
elu is spelled E-L-U (3 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese, the 112,486th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elu is a Portuguese neuter pronoun meaning “they, them (singular) (a gender-neutral or genderqueer singular third-person personal pronoun)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pronome pessoal neutro equivalente a ele ou ela”.
What does elu mean in English?
pronoun
- 1
informalneuterthey, them (singular) (a gender-neutral or genderqueer singular third-person personal pronoun)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
pronoun: 1. pronome pessoal neutro equivalente a ele ou ela
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 elu
- elus plural
- ilu alternative
- êlu alternative
- ile alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce elu?
- Brazil /ˈe.lu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to elu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is elu in Portuguese?
elu appears about once in every 14 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).