teve
Portuguese, verb
teve is spelled T-E-V-E (4 letters) and appears 316 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 286th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Teve is a Portuguese verb meaning “eye dialect spelling of esteve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular preterite indicative of ter. With an accent, tevê is a different word: “TV; telly”.
What does teve mean in English?
verb
- 1
eye dialect spelling of esteve
verb
- 1
third-person singular preterite indicative of ter
- 2
third-person singular preterite indicative of tar
noun
- 1
feminineTV; telly
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aparelho de televisão, televisão
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 teve
- tevês plural
- TV alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to teve
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is teve in Portuguese?
teve appears 316 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).