Mateus

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: Ma‧teus

Proper noun

Mateus m (invariable)

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