santos
Portuguese, noun/ˈsɐ̃.tus/
santos is spelled S-A-N-T-O-S (6 letters) and appears 126 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 774th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Santos is a Portuguese noun meaning “plural of santo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a masculine plural of santo. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “município brasileiro do estado de São Paulo”.
What does santos mean in English?
adjective
- 1
masculinemasculine plural of santo
noun
- 1
plural of santo
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado de São Paulo 2. sobrenome comum em português
noun: 1. plural de Santos
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.
How do you pronounce santos?
- Brazil /ˈsɐ̃.tus/
- /ˈsɐ̃.tuʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is santos in Portuguese?
santos appears 126 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).