softbol
Portuguese, noun/ˌsɔ.fi.t͡ʃiˈbɔw/
softbol is spelled S-O-F-T-B-O-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Softbol is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “softball” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “desporto cujo objetivo é rebater bola lançada por um arremessador com um taco e conquistar bases ao longo do…”.
What does softbol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesoftball
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. desporto cujo objetivo é rebater bola lançada por um arremessador com um taco e conquistar bases ao longo do campo de jogo
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 softbol
- softebol alternative
- softball alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce softbol?
- Brazil /ˌsɔ.fi.t͡ʃiˈbɔw/
- Brazil [ˌsɔ.fi.t͡ʃiˈbɔʊ̯]
- Brazil /ˌsɔft͡ʃˈbɔw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to softbol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is softbol in Portuguese?
softbol appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).