software
Portuguese, noun/ˈsɔf.t͡ʃwɛʁ/
software is spelled S-O-F-T-W-A-R-E (8 letters) and appears 59 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,644th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Software is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “software (encoded computer instructions)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que logiciário ou suporte lógico”.
What does software mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesoftware (encoded computer instructions)
- 2
masculinea piece of software; program
Vou instalar um novo software de anti-vírus.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que logiciário ou suporte lógico
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 software
- softwares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce software?
- Brazil /ˈsɔf.t͡ʃwɛʁ/
- Brazil [ˈsɔf.t͡ʃwɛh]
- Brazil /ˈsɔf.t͡ʃi.wɛʁ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to software
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is software in Portuguese?
software appears 59 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).