sol
Portuguese, noun/ˈsɔw/
sol is spelled S-O-L (3 letters) and appears 129 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 755th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sol is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sun; sunlight, sunshine (the light and heat which are received from the sun)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “centro e principal astro do sistema solar”.
What does sol mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesun; sunlight, sunshine (the light and heat which are received from the sun)
O sol está quente hoje.
- 2
masculinesun (a day)
- 3
masculinesun (a star, especially one at the center of a solar system)
noun
- 1
masculinesol (a musical note)
noun
- 1
masculinesol (a colloid suspension of a solid in a liquid)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. centro e principal astro do sistema solar 2. estrela central de algum outro sistema planetário 3. um dos corpos celestes que percorrem o zodíaco e que determina o signo (solar) de uma pessoa 4. a luz e o calor do sol¹, percebidos na Terra:
noun: 1. centro e principal astro do sistema solar
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 sol
- sóis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sol?
- Brazil /ˈsɔw/
- Brazil [ˈsɔʊ̯]
- Portugal /ˈsɔl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sol
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sol in Portuguese?
sol appears 129 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).