réu
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁɛw/
réu is spelled R-É-U (3 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,015th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Réu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “defendant (person prosecuted or sued)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa acusada/increpada num processo jurídico”.
What does réu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedefendant (person prosecuted or sued)
adjective
- 1
guilty
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa acusada/increpada num processo jurídico
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 réu
- réus plural
- ré feminine
- rés feminine plural
- réo alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce réu?
- Brazil /ˈʁɛw/
- Brazil [ˈhɛʊ̯]
- /ˈʁɛw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to réu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is réu in Portuguese?
réu 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).