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eu

Portuguese, pronoun

eu is spelled E-U (2 letters) and appears 6,761 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eu is a Portuguese pronoun meaning “I (first-person singular personal pronoun)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Eu is a different word: “Honorific alternative letter-case form of eu, sometimes used when…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “usado por um ser para indicar a si próprio”.

What does eu mean in English?

pronoun

  1. 1

    I (first-person singular personal pronoun)

  2. 2

    Brazilnonstandardproscribedfirst-person singular prepositional pronoun; me

noun

  1. 1

    masculineego; self (individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness)

interjection

  1. 1

    Used to draw attention to oneself after having their name called.

    Dr. Hélio? – Eu!

pronoun

as Eu
  1. 1

    Honorific alternative letter-case form of eu, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

suffix

as -eu
  1. 1

    a suffix for people used for some nationalities, philosophical visions, etc., e.g. ateu (“atheist”), egeu (“Aegean”), europeu (“European”), judeu (“Jewish”)

noun

as -eu
  1. 1

    masculinea noun-forming suffix of low productivity, corresponding especially to English learned words in -ee: apogeu (“apogee”), espondeu (“spondee”), jubileu (“jubilee”)

suffix

as -éu
  1. 1

    masculineindicates smallness

  2. 2

    masculinebelittles the suffixed noun

  3. 3

    masculineforms nouns, from nouns, denoting something that is related to or engages with the suffixed noun

  4. 4

    masculineforms nouns, from nouns, indication a collection or a large quantity of the suffixed noun

suffix

as -éu
  1. 1

    forms adjectives meaning “of, from or related to”

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

pronoun: 1. usado por um ser para indicar a si próprio

noun: 1. derivação imprópria do pronome pessoal, significa personalidade

prefix: 1. ideia de bom, correto, verdadeiro

suffix: 1. nominal, indica constituição 2. nominal, ou adjetival, indica origem, procedência, pertença ou relação

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 eu

  • eus plural
  • eu! canonical

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to eu

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is eu in Portuguese?

eu appears 6,761 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).

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