soma
Portuguese, noun/ˈsõ.mɐ/
soma is spelled S-O-M-A (4 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 5,394th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soma is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sum (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of somar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ato ou efeito de somar”.
What does soma mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesum (quantity obtained by addition or aggregation)
- 2
femininesum (quantity of money)
noun
- 1
masculinesoma
noun
- 1
masculinesoma
verb
- 1
third-person singular present indicative
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ato ou efeito de somar 2. adição ou o resultado de uma adição 3. quantia em dinheiro 4. nome técnico para corpo; conjunto das células não reprodutoras dos seres vivos
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 soma
- somas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soma?
- Brazil /ˈsõ.mɐ/
- Portugal /ˈso.mɐ/
- Portugal /ˈsɔ.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to soma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is soma in Portuguese?
soma appears 15 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).