sono
Portuguese, noun/ˈsõ.nu/
sono is spelled S-O-N-O (4 letters) and appears 31 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,874th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sono is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sleep” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “necessidade, vontade de dormir”.
What does sono mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesleep
- 2
masculinesleepiness
Estou com sono.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. necessidade, vontade de dormir 2. inércia, indolência 3. cessação momentânea da atividade com entrada a uma condição de inconsciência própria dos sistemas que têm as propriedades da vida animal 4. a morte (eufemismo)
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 sono
- sonos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sono?
- Brazil /ˈsõ.nu/
- Portugal /ˈso.nu/
- [ˈswɐ.nu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sono
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sono in Portuguese?
sono appears 31 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).