sim
Portuguese, noun/ˈsĩ/
sim is spelled S-I-M (3 letters) and appears 617 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 147th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sim is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “yes; yea (an affirmative answer)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato de aceitar”.
What does sim mean in English?
interjection
- 1
yes (affirmative answer)
“Eles já saíram?” “Sim, saíram.”
adverb
- 1
indeed; do (used for emphasis in affirmative expressions)
Eu já li esse livro sim.
noun
- 1
masculineyes; yea (an affirmative answer)
Recebemos um sim e três nãos.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. exprime afirmação, acordo, aprovação, permissão ou consentimento
noun: 1. ato de aceitar
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 sim
- si alternative dialectal
- sí alternative dialectal
- sins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sim?
- Brazil /ˈsĩ/
- Portugal /ˈsĩ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sim
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sim in Portuguese?
sim appears 617 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).