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me

Portuguese, pronoun

me is spelled M-E (2 letters) and appears 3,548 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 29th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Me is a Portuguese pronoun meaning “first-person singular objective direct personal pronoun; me” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, mé is a different word: “maa, meh (bleating sound, as that of a sheep or goat)”. With a capital, Me is a different word: “Honorific alternative letter-case form of me, sometimes used when…”. With an accent, mê is a different word: “The name of the Latin script letter M/m”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pronome pessoal oblíquo átono da primeira pessoa do singular, usado em complementos direto do verbo”.

What does me mean in English?

pronoun

  1. 1

    first-person singular objective direct personal pronoun; me

    Meus amigos me ligaram.

  2. 2

    first-person singular objective indirect personal pronoun; (to) me

    Dê-me o copo.

  3. 3

    first-person singular reflexive pronoun; myself

    Este tipo de tratamento me faz querer me enforcar.

  4. 4

    particle of spontaneity, when it indicates that there was spontaneity in the action by its agent.

    Fui-me embora daquele lugar.

noun

as mé
  1. 1

    masculinemaa, meh (bleating sound, as that of a sheep or goat)

interjection

as mé
  1. 1

    maa, meh (bleating sound, as that of a sheep or goat)

noun

as mé
  1. 1

    masculinecachaça (type of Brazilian rum made of sugar cane juice)

pronoun

as Me
  1. 1

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

noun

as mê
  1. 1

    masculineThe name of the Latin script letter M/m.

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

pronoun: 1. pronome pessoal oblíquo átono da primeira pessoa do singular, usado em complementos direto do verbo: 2. pronome pessoal oblíquo átono da primeira pessoa do singular, usado em complementos indiretos, suprimindo a preposição a, de, em ou para: 3. pronome pessoal reflexivo da primeira pessoa do singular: 4. meu (como dativo de posse):

noun: 1. som emitido por um carneiro ou ovelha 2. cachaça

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 me

  • més plural
  • mês plural

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

English words that translate to me

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

How common is me in Portuguese?

me appears 3,548 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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