uns
Portuguese, adverb/ũs/
uns is spelled U-N-S (3 letters) and appears 195 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 477th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Uns is a Portuguese adverb meaning “about, some (indicating an approximate amount)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a masculine plural of um.
What does uns mean in English?
adverb
- 1
about, some (indicating an approximate amount)
Esse prédio tem uns vinte metros de altura
article
- 1
masculinemasculine plural of um
noun
- 1
plural of um
pronoun
- 1
plural of um
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
article: 1. alguns; certas pessoas
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.
How do you pronounce uns?
- Brazil /ũs/
- /ũʃ/
- Portugal /ũʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to uns
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is uns in Portuguese?
uns appears 195 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).