soja
Portuguese, noun/ˈsɔ.ʒɐ/
soja is spelled S-O-J-A (4 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,384th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soja is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “soybean; soy (Glycine max, a legume plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta leguminosa (Glycine max) originária da Papua-Nova Guiné”.
What does soja mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesoybean; soy (Glycine max, a legume plant)
- 2
femininesoybean; soy (seeds of the soybean plant)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta leguminosa (Glycine max) originária da Papua-Nova Guiné 2. o mesmo que feijão-soja
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 soja
- sojas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soja?
- Brazil /ˈsɔ.ʒɐ/
- Portugal /ˈsɔ.ʒɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to soja
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is soja in Portuguese?
soja appears 12 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).