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sla

Portuguese, phrase

sla is spelled S-L-A (3 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 49,356th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sla is a Portuguese phrase meaning “sei lá (“what do I know”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, slá is a different word: “abbreviation of sei lá (“I don't know”)”.

What does sla mean in English?

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    sei lá (“what do I know”)

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as slá
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    abbreviation of sei lá (“I don't know”)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common is sla in Portuguese?

sla appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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