What is 'xô' called in English?

'xô' in English is called "Shoo". Shoo refers to: Fazer um animal ou pessoa indesejada ir embora acenando com as mãos ou fazendo um som.

How do you pronounce 'Shoo' and 'xô'?

Listen to clear English audio pronunciation of 'Shoo' and native Portuguese audio speech for 'xô' with bilingual sentence examples on DictBridge.

English: "She had to shoo the flies away from the food." | Portuguese: "Ela teve que espantar as moscas da comida."

verb · interjection

English to Portuguese Dictionary

verbxô, espantar

interjectionxô

xô in English:shoo

Quick Answer • Resumo

O significado de shoo em português é xô, espantar. (Fazer um animal ou pessoa indesejada ir embora acenando com as mãos ou fazendo um som.)

1
verb
espantar
To make an unwanted animal or person go away by waving one's hands or making a sound.
Fazer um animal ou pessoa indesejada ir embora acenando com as mãos ou fazendo um som.
2
interjection(informal)
xô
An exclamation used to tell an animal or person to go away.
Uma exclamação usada para dizer a um animal ou pessoa para ir embora.

casual

“She had to shoo the flies away from the food.”

Ela teve que espantar as moscas da comida.

casual

“Shoo! Get out of here!”

Xô! Saia daqui!

In English:

drive awayscare awaychase away

In English:

past tenseshooed

present participleshooing

shoo awayphrasal_verb

To make someone or something leave by waving your hands or making a noise.