shoyu
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃo.ju/
shoyu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “soy sauce (condiment made from fermented soybeans)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “molho à base de soja, cereal, água e sal, típico do oriente”.
What does shoyu mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinesoy sauce (condiment made from fermented soybeans)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. molho à base de soja, cereal, água e sal, típico do oriente
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 shoyu
- shoyus plural
- shoyo alternative
- choio alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce shoyu?
- Brazil /ˈʃo.ju/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is shoyu in Portuguese?
shoyu appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).