MEI
Portuguese, noun
MEI is spelled M-E-I (3 letters) and appears 4.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 13,900th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). MEI is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “acronym of microempreendedor individual” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, mêi is a different word: “pronunciation spelling of meio, representing Caipira Portuguese”.
What does MEI mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculineacronym of microempreendedor individual
adjective
- 1
masculinepronunciation spelling of meio, representing Caipira Portuguese
adverb
- 1
pronunciation spelling of meio, representing Caipira Portuguese
noun
- 1
masculinepronunciation spelling of meio, representing Caipira Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. meio
adverb: 1. meio
abbreviation: 1. sigla de microempreendedor individual
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 MEI
- MEIs plural
- mêa feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is MEI in Portuguese?
MEI appears 4.2 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).