"tu" meaning in Portuguese

See tu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ˈtu/ [Brazil], /ˈtu/ [Portugal]
Rhymes: -u Head templates: {{head|pt|interjection|head=tu|sort=}} tu, {{pt-interj}} tu
  1. (onomatopoeia) the sound produced by a telephone after one of the callers hangs up Tags: onomatopoeic
    Sense id: en-tu-pt-intj-jrK9Q8vG Categories (other): Portuguese onomatopoeias, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 11 43 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Pronoun

IPA: /ˈtu/ [Brazil], /ˈtu/ [Portugal]
Rhymes: -u Etymology: From Old Galician-Portuguese tu, from Latin tū (“you”), from Proto-Italic *tū, from Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“you”). Etymology templates: {{inh|pt|roa-opt|tu}} Old Galician-Portuguese tu, {{inh|pt|la|tu|tū|you}} Latin tū (“you”), {{inh|pt|itc-pro|*tū}} Proto-Italic *tū, {{inh|pt|ine-pro|*túh₂||you}} Proto-Indo-European *túh₂ (“you”) Head templates: {{pt-pron}} tu
  1. (informal in Portugal, literary, archaic or regional in Brazil) you; thou (singular second person pronoun) Tags: archaic, dialectal, in Brazil, in Portugal, informal, literary Synonyms: o senhor [Brazil, formal], você [formal, gender-neutral, in Brazil, in Portugal], vossa mercê [archaic, formal], vosmecê [archaic, formal], vossemecê [formal, obsolete]
    Sense id: en-tu-pt-pron-Figllm6u Categories (other): Portuguese Portuguese, Portuguese personal pronouns, Regional Portuguese, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese pronouns Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 11 43 47 Disambiguation of Portuguese pronouns: 51 49
  2. (Brazil, colloquial, proscribed) second-person singular prepositional pronoun Tags: Brazil, colloquial, prepositional, pronoun, proscribed, second-person, singular
    Sense id: en-tu-pt-pron-bss9u1y~ Categories (other): Brazilian Portuguese, Portuguese entries with incorrect language header, Portuguese pronouns Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 11 43 47 Disambiguation of Portuguese pronouns: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Related terms: eu, me, mim, comigo, te, ti, contigo, você, o senhor, a senhora, ele, ela, o(lo, no), a(la, na), lhe, com ele, com ela, o mesmo, a mesma, se, si, consigo, nós, nos, connosco conosco [Brazil, Portugal], a gente, vós, vos, convosco, com vós, vocês, os senhores, as senhoras, eles, elas, os(los, nos), as(las, nas), lhes, com eles, com elas, os mesmos, as mesmas

Inflected forms

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