sim, senhor
The verdict
“sim, senhor” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - resposta formal a uma ordem superior nas forças armadas
Corpus desk
Index PT-sim-senhor · sim, senhor · Portuguese
sim, senhor · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sim, senhor |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “sim, senhor” em português
Rare enough to double-check
sim, senhor is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
sim, senhor has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is sim, senhor, spelled S-I-M-,- -S-E-N-H-O-R.
Definition
- 1resposta formal a uma ordem superior nas forças armadas
- 2expressa que se está ao dispor a quem se dirige
- 3expressa enfatização de uma ideia anteriormente proferida
- 4expressa espanto ou admiração
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how sim, senhor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sim, senhor capitão
O Professor Diogo indagou se ele sabia alguma coisa de História e Geografia. Aqui entrou a esperteza do vestibulando: - "Sei, sim senhor; tanto assim, que explico essas disciplinas aos meus companheiros e dou aulas particulares…".
Synonyms
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.