senão
Portuguese, conjunction/seˈnɐ̃w̃/
senão is spelled S-E-N-Ã-O (5 letters) and appears 30 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,999th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Senão is a Portuguese conjunction meaning “else, otherwise; apart from, besides” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “em caso contrário”.
What does senão mean in English?
conjunction
- 1
else, otherwise; apart from, besides
noun
- 1
masculinecaveat
O trabalho em geral é bom, mas tem alguns senãos.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
conjunction: 1. em caso contrário 2. mas sim; e sim; mas, porém
preposition: 1. se não for; exceto por
noun: 1. defeito 2. problema
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 senão
- senãos plural
- senões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce senão?
- Brazil /seˈnɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [seˈnɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /sɨˈnɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to senão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is senão in Portuguese?
senão appears 30 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).