ups
Portuguese, interjection/ˈups/
ups is spelled U-P-S (3 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 18,535th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ups is a Portuguese interjection meaning “oops” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “expressa o reconhecimento de um erro pequeno”.
What does ups mean in English?
interjection
- 1
oops
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. expressa o reconhecimento de um erro pequeno
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 ups?
- Brazil /ˈups/
- /ˈupʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ups in Portuguese?
ups appears 2.7 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).