uau
Portuguese, noun/ˈwaw/
uau is spelled U-A-U (3 letters) and appears 7.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,870th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Uau is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “vav (name of the Hebrew letter ו)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome da vigésima sétima letra do alfabeto árabe”.
What does uau mean in English?
interjection
- 1
wow (exclamation of amazement)
noun
- 1
masculinevav (name of the Hebrew letter ו)
noun
- 1
masculinewaw (name of the Arabic letter و (w))
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. exprime espanto ou surpresa
noun: 1. nome da vigésima sétima letra do alfabeto árabe
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 uau
- uau! canonical
- uaus plural
- waw alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce uau?
- Brazil /ˈwaw/
- Brazil [ˈwaʊ̯]
- Portugal /ˈwaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to uau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is uau in Portuguese?
uau appears 7.8 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).