social
Portuguese, noun/so.siˈaw/
social is spelled S-O-C-I-A-L (6 letters) and appears 288 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 324th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Social is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “a small party between close people or friends” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does social mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinesocial (relating to society)
- 2
femininemasculinesocial (relating to business firms)
- 3
femininemasculineformal, suitable for social occasions
- 4
femininemasculinesocial; outgoing; extroverted
- 5
femininemasculinesocial (living in large groups)
- 6
Brazilfemininemasculinefor use by the residents of an apartment block, as opposed to maintenance workers or deliverymen
Elevador social.
noun
- 1
Brazilfeminineinformalmasculinea small party between close people or friends
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo à sociedade
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 social
- sociais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce social?
- Brazil /so.siˈaw/
- Brazil [so.siˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /soˈsjaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to social
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is social in Portuguese?
social appears 288 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).