SMS
Portuguese, noun
SMS is spelled S-M-S (3 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 3,833rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). SMS is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “SMS; text message (a text message sent on a cell phone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does SMS mean in English?
noun
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femininemasculineSMS; text message (a text message sent on a cell phone)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. sigla de short message service (serviço de mensagens curtas), serviço de envio de mensagens nos telefones celulares.
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.
English words that translate to SMS
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is SMS in Portuguese?
SMS appears 22 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).