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teu.

your (singular) (belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of you)

3 characters1 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

det/tew/Brazil[teʊ̯]Brazil/tew/Portugal[te]
  1. your (singular) (belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of you)

    O teu computador deu tela azul.
    Ainda não recebeste o teu dinheiro?
  2. thine, thy (belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of thee)

    Brazil · archaic
    E à mulher disse: Multiplicarei grandemente a tua dor e a tua conceição; com dor terás filhos; e o teu desejo será para o teu marido, e ele te dominará.
    Honra ao Senhor com a tua fazenda e com as primícias de toda a tua renda; e se encherão os teus celeiros abundantemente, e trasbordarão de mosto os teus lagares.
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese tou, from Latin tuus, from Proto-Italic *towos.

pron/tew/Brazil[teʊ̯]Brazil/tew/Portugal[te]
  1. yours (singular) (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of you)

    A casa em si é tua, mas o terreno é meu.
    O teu é suficiente para sobreviver?
  2. thine (that or those belonging to, associated with, related to, or in the possession of thee)

    Brazil · archaic
    Mas, chegando também o que recebera um talento disse: Senhor, eu conhecia-te, que és um homem duro, que ceifas onde não semeaste e ajuntas onde não espalhaste; e, atemorizado, escondi na terra o teu talento; aqui tens o que é teu.
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese tou, from Latin tuus, from Proto-Italic *towos.

noun/tew/Brazil[teʊ̯]Brazil/tew/Portugal[te]
  1. yours; thine (used substantively, with an implied noun)

    masculine
    Defende o teu, que eu trato do meu
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese tou, from Latin tuus, from Proto-Italic *towos.

intj
  1. hey; oi (used vocatively to draw someone’s attention)

    slang
  2. dude, mate

    slang
Where this word comes from

From meu (“hey, dude”), in analogy with the eu/meu and tu/teu pronominal pairs.

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