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
I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
- 2
Brazilnonstandardproscribedfirst-person singular prepositional pronoun; me
noun
- 1
masculineego; self (individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness)
interjection
- 1
Used to draw attention to oneself after having their name called.
Dr. Hélio? – Eu!
pronoun
- 1
Honorific alternative letter-case form of eu, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
suffix
- 1
a suffix for people used for some nationalities, philosophical visions, etc., e.g. ateu (“atheist”), egeu (“Aegean”), europeu (“European”), judeu (“Jewish”)
noun
- 1
masculinea noun-forming suffix of low productivity, corresponding especially to English learned words in -ee: apogeu (“apogee”), espondeu (“spondee”), jubileu (“jubilee”)
suffix
- 1
masculineindicates smallness
- 2
masculinebelittles the suffixed noun
- 3
masculineforms nouns, from nouns, denoting something that is related to or engages with the suffixed noun
- 4
masculineforms nouns, from nouns, indication a collection or a large quantity of the suffixed noun
suffix
- 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).