miau
Portuguese, noun/miˈaw/
miau is spelled M-I-A-U (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,608th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Miau is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “meow (the cry of a cat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “a voz do gato; miado”.
What does miau mean in English?
interjection
- 1
meow (onomatopoeia of the cry of a cat)
noun
- 1
masculinemeow (the cry of a cat)
- 2
informalmasculinepuss (cat)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. a voz do gato; miado 2. o gato 3. pagode chinês 4. o mesmo que erva-bezerra
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 miau
- miaus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce miau?
- Brazil /miˈaw/
- Brazil [miˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /ˈmjaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to miau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is miau in Portuguese?
miau appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).