sala
Portuguese, noun
sala is spelled S-A-L-A (4 letters) and appears 155 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 629th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sala is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “room (division in a building)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, salá is a different word: “salat (Islamic prayer)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “compartimento principal de uma casa”.
What does sala mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineroom (division in a building)
- 2
feminineellipsis of sala de estar (“living room”)
- 3
feminineellipsis of sala de aula (“classroom”)
- 4
feminineclass (group of students)
noun
- 1
femininesalat (Islamic prayer)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. compartimento principal de uma casa 2. qualquer compartimento grande
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 sala
- salas plural
- salás plural
- celá alternative obsolete
- çalá alternative obsolete
- celà alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to sala
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sala in Portuguese?
sala appears 155 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).