Mateus

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Matheus, Mattheus, Matteus

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese Mateus, from Latin Matthaeus, from Ancient Greek Ματθαῖος (Matthaîos), from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ‎.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈtews/ [maˈteʊ̯s]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maˈtewʃ/ [maˈteʊ̯ʃ]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈtewʃ/

Proper noun

Mateus m

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Matthew
(biblical) Matthew (Jesus’s disciple)
(biblical) Matthew (book of the New Testament)

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