sãos
Portuguese, adjective/ˈsɐ̃w̃s/
sãos is spelled S-Ã-O-S (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 45,243rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sãos is a Portuguese masculine adjective meaning “masculine plural of são” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does sãos mean in English?
adjective
- 1
masculinemasculine plural of são
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. síndrome de apneia obstrutiva do sono
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 sãos?
- Brazil /ˈsɐ̃w̃s/
- Brazil [ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃s]
- /ˈsɐ̃w̃ʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sãos in Portuguese?
sãos appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).