tchau
Portuguese, noun/ˈt͡ʃaw/
tchau is spelled T-C-H-A-U (5 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,464th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tchau is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “goodbye (an instance of wishing goodbye, especially with the word tchau)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “até logo; adeus”.
What does tchau mean in English?
interjection
- 1
goodbye; bye; see you
noun
- 1
masculinegoodbye (an instance of wishing goodbye, especially with the word tchau)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. até logo; adeus!
noun: 1. até logo; adeus
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 tchau
- chau alternative Portugal
- xau alternative Portugal
- ciao alternative dated
- tchaus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tchau?
- Brazil /ˈt͡ʃaw/
- Brazil [ˈt͡ʃaʊ̯]
- Portugal /ˈt͡ʃaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tchau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tchau in Portuguese?
tchau appears 25 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).