uhu
Portuguese, interjection
uhu is a Portuguese interjection meaning “woohoo!” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que urrul”.
What does uhu mean in English?
interjection
- 1
Brazilwoohoo!
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. o mesmo que urrul
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 uhu
- uhu! canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is uhu in Portuguese?
uhu appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).