SIDA
Portuguese, noun/ˈsi.dɐ/
SIDA is spelled S-I-D-A (4 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). SIDA is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “doença grave provocada por um vírus que destrói as defesas imunitárias do organismo, fragilizando-o na…”.
What does SIDA mean in English?
noun
- 1
PortugalfeminineAIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. doença grave provocada por um vírus que destrói as defesas imunitárias do organismo, fragilizando-o na resistência a outros vírus e bactérias
noun: 1. cidade portuária da Antiguidade localizada na atual Turquia
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 SIDA?
- Brazil /ˈsi.dɐ/
- Portugal /ˈsi.dɐ/
- Portugal [ˈsi.ðɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to SIDA
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is SIDA in Portuguese?
SIDA appears 2.9 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).