schwa
Portuguese, noun/ʃuˈa/
schwa is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “schwa (mid-central vowel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ver chevá, xevá, xuá”.
What does schwa mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineschwa (mid-central vowel)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ver chevá, xevá, xuá
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 schwa
- schwas plural
- xuá alternative
- xevá alternative
- chevá alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schwa?
- Brazil /ʃuˈa/
- Brazil /ˈʃwa/
- Brazil /ʃeˈva/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to schwa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.