vau
Portuguese, noun/ˈvaw/
vau is spelled V-A-U (3 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,826th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vau is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ford (location where a river is shallow enough to be crossed by foot)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lugar num rio (ou lago ou mar) raso por onde se pode atravessar”.
What does vau mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineford (location where a river is shallow enough to be crossed by foot)
- 2
masculineshoal
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lugar num rio (ou lago ou mar) raso por onde se pode atravessar 2. sexta letra do alfabeto hebraico (ו), correspondente ao V latino
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 vau
- vaus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vau?
- Brazil /ˈvaw/
- Brazil [ˈvaʊ̯]
- Portugal /ˈvaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vau in Portuguese?
vau appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).