"miau" meaning in Portuguese

See miau in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /miˈaw/ [Brazil], [mɪˈaʊ̯] [Brazil], /ˈmjaw/ [Brazil], [ˈmjaʊ̯] [Brazil], /ˈmjaw/ [Portugal]
Rhymes: -aw Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|pt}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{head|pt|interjection|head=miau|sort=}} miau, {{pt-interj}} miau
  1. meow (onomatopoeia of the cry of a cat)
    Sense id: en-miau-pt-intj-b~gmEtxg

Noun

IPA: /miˈaw/ [Brazil], [mɪˈaʊ̯] [Brazil], /ˈmjaw/ [Brazil], [ˈmjaʊ̯] [Brazil], /ˈmjaw/ [Portugal] Forms: miaus [plural]
Rhymes: -aw Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onomatopoeic|pt}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{pt-noun|m}} miau m (plural miaus)
  1. meow (the cry of a cat) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-miau-pt-noun-mXrR0iSB
  2. (childish, informal) puss (cat) Tags: childish, informal, masculine
    Sense id: en-miau-pt-noun-5WGLVQHP Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 26 28 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: miar

Inflected forms

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