sonata
Portuguese, noun/soˈna.tɐ/
sonata is spelled S-O-N-A-T-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sonata is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sonata (a musical composition for one or a few instruments)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peça musical para instrumentos, divergindo as partes dela em caráter e andamento”.
What does sonata mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesonata (a musical composition for one or a few instruments)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peça musical para instrumentos, divergindo as partes dela em caráter e andamento
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 sonata
- sonatas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sonata?
- Brazil /soˈna.tɐ/
- Portugal /suˈna.tɐ/
- Portugal /su.ˈna.tɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sonata
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sonata in Portuguese?
sonata appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).