sabão
Portuguese, noun/saˈbɐ̃w̃/
sabão is spelled S-A-B-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 10,662nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sabão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “soap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “substância utilizada para lavar e/ou desengordurar”.
What does sabão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesoap
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. substância utilizada para lavar e/ou desengordurar 2. repreensão severa 3. o mesmo que saboeira; saponária
noun: 1. grande sábio
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sabão
- sabões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sabão?
- Brazil /saˈbɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [saˈbɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /sɐˈbɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sabão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sabão in Portuguese?
sabão appears 6.0 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).