zzz
Portuguese, interjection
zzz is spelled Z-Z-Z (3 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 105,827th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zzz is a Portuguese interjection meaning “zzz (sleeping)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does zzz mean in English?
interjection
- 1
zzz (sleeping)
- 2
Indicates that one does not care about or agree with what is being said due to perceived boredom.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. leve ruído contínuo, como os produzidos pela expiração de quem dorme, ou pelo voo de um inseto, ou pelo trabalhar de um motor, etc.
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.
English words that translate to zzz
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zzz in Portuguese?
zzz appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).