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u.

The twenty-first letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

1 character1 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

character/ˈu/Brazil/ˈu/Portugal
  1. The twenty-first letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

    letter · lowercase · masculine
noun/ˈu/Brazil/ˈu/Portugal
  1. The name of the Latin script letter U/u.

    masculine
adv/ˈu/Brazil/ˈu/Portugal
  1. where

    obsolete
  2. where (interrogative adverb)

    Northern · Portugal
    U-los livros? Ulos?
Where this word comes from

From Old Galician-Portuguese u, from Latin ubi. Cognate with Galician u, French où, Italian ove and Romanian iuo.

article/ˈu/Brazil/ˈu/Portugal
  1. eye dialect spelling of o

    alt-of · masculine · pronunciation-spelling
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.