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kowtow

Portuguese, noun

kowtow is spelled K-O-W-T-O-W (6 letters). Kowtow is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “kowtow (bow low enough to touch one’s forehead to the ground)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does kowtow mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinekowtow (bow low enough to touch one’s forehead to the ground)

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

Forms of kowtow

  • kowtows plural

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

English words that translate to kowtow

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

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