estou
Portuguese, interjection/isˈto(w)/
estou is spelled E-S-T-O-U (5 letters) and appears 676 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 133rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Estou is a Portuguese interjection meaning “hello (a greeting used when answering the telephone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of estar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “expressa o desejo de fazer saber que há alguém contatável à linha telefónica”.
What does estou mean in English?
interjection
- 1
Portugalhello (a greeting used when answering the telephone)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of estar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. expressa o desejo de fazer saber que há alguém contatável à linha telefónica
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 estou
- tô alternative
- istô alternative
- tou alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce estou?
- Brazil /isˈto(w)/
- Brazil [isˈto(ʊ̯)]
- Brazil /esˈto(w)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to estou
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is estou in Portuguese?
estou appears 676 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).