soa
Portuguese, verb/ˈso.ɐ/
soa is spelled S-O-A (3 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,159th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soa is a Portuguese verb meaning “third-person singular present indicative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo soar”.
What does soa mean in English?
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. só (apenas em feminino), a sós, solitária, única 2. só (apenas em feminino), isolada
verb: 1. segunda pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo soar
verb: 1. terceira pessoa do singular do presente do conjuntivo/subjuntivo do verbo soer 2. terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo afirmativo do verbo soer 3. terceira pessoa do singular do imperativo negativo do verbo soer
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 soa?
- Brazil /ˈso.ɐ/
- Portugal /ˈso.ɐ/
- Portugal /ˈso(w).ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is soa in Portuguese?
soa appears 8.7 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).