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