qui
Portuguese, pronoun/ˈki/
qui is spelled Q-U-I (3 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,015th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Qui is a Portuguese pronoun meaning “eye dialect spelling of que, representing Brazil Portuguese” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does qui mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechi (name of the Greek letter Χ)
pronoun
- 1
eye dialect spelling of que, representing Brazil Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. abreviatura de quinta-feira
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 qui
- quis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce qui?
- Brazil /ˈki/
- Portugal /ˈki/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to qui
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is qui in Portuguese?
qui appears 7.6 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).