sauna
Portuguese, noun/ˈsaw.nɐ/
sauna is spelled S-A-U-N-A (5 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,247th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sauna is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sauna (room or a house designed for heat sessions)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de banho de vapor tradicionalmente feito com pedras superaquecidas em água”.
What does sauna mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesauna (room or a house designed for heat sessions)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de banho de vapor tradicionalmente feito com pedras superaquecidas em água 2. local onde se toma tal banho 3. lugar quente
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 sauna
- saunas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sauna?
- Brazil /ˈsaw.nɐ/
- Brazil [ˈsaʊ̯.nɐ]
- Portugal /ˈsaw.nɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sauna
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sauna in Portuguese?
sauna appears 2.0 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).