uai
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[edit]Etymology
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Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -aj
- Hyphenation: u‧ai
Interjection
[edit]uai
- (Brazil, especially in the rural areas of the Nourtheast and Southeast) why (exclamation of surprise)
- (Brazil, especially in the rural areas of the Nourtheast and Southeast) huh (expresses doubt or confusion)
Further reading
[edit]- “uai” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “uai” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.