shalom
Portuguese, interjection/ʃaˈlõ/
shalom is spelled S-H-A-L-O-M (6 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,900th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Shalom is a Portuguese interjection meaning “shalom (Jewish greeting or farewell)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cumprimento ou saudação tradicional judaica”.
What does shalom mean in English?
interjection
- 1
shalom (Jewish greeting or farewell)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
interjection: 1. cumprimento ou saudação tradicional judaica
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 shalom?
- Brazil /ʃaˈlõ/
- Portugal /ʃɐˈlõ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to shalom
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is shalom in Portuguese?
shalom appears 1.3 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).