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PORTUGUESE · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

meu.

my (belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of me)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

det/mew/Brazil[meʊ̯]Brazil/mew/Portugal[me]
  1. my (belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of me)

    O meu computador deu tela azul.
    Ainda não recebi o meu dinheiro.
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese meu, from Latin meus, from Proto-Italic *meos.

pron/mew/Brazil[meʊ̯]Brazil/mew/Portugal[me]
  1. mine (used predicatively)

    A casa em si é minha, mas o terreno não é.
  2. mine (used absolutely, set off from the sentence)

    Minha por só uma semana, a caneta-tinteiro já parece um velho amigo.
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese meu, from Latin meus, from Proto-Italic *meos.

noun/mew/Brazil[meʊ̯]Brazil/mew/Portugal[me]
  1. mine (used substantively, with an implied noun)

    masculine
    Não tenho muito, mas o meu é suficiente para se viver.
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese meu, from Latin meus, from Proto-Italic *meos.

intj/mew/Brazil[meʊ̯]Brazil/mew/Portugal[me]
  1. hey; oi (used vocatively to draw someone’s attention)

    Brazil · Portugal · São-Paulo · slang
  2. whoa (used to express surprise)

    Brazil · slang
  3. dude

    Portugal · slang
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese meu, from Latin meus, from Proto-Italic *meos.

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