hei
Portuguese, verb/ˈej/
hei is spelled H-E-I (3 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hei is a Portuguese verb meaning “first-person singular present indicative of haver” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo haver”.
What does hei mean in English?
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of haver
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo haver
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 hei
- hey alternative
- ey alternative
- ei alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hei?
- 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.
How common is hei in Portuguese?
hei appears 2.9 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).