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jow

Portuguese, noun/ˈʒow/

jow is spelled J-O-W (3 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 133,944th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jow is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bro, homie, dude” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does jow mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    Brazilinformalmasculinebro, homie, dude

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

How do you pronounce jow?

  • Brazil /ˈʒow/
  • Brazil [ˈʒoʊ̯]
  • Portugal /ˈʒow/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is jow in Portuguese?

jow appears about once in every 20 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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