sonolento
Portuguese, adjective/so.noˈlẽ.tu/
sonolento is spelled S-O-N-O-L-E-N-T-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,790th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sonolento is a Portuguese adjective meaning “sleepy, drowsy, somnolent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que tem sonolência”.
What does sonolento mean in English?
adjective
- 1
sleepy, drowsy, somnolent
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que tem sonolência 2. vagaroso 3. apático
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 sonolento
- sonolenta feminine
- sonolentos masculine plural
- sonolentas feminine plural
- mais sonolento comparative
- o mais sonolento superlative
- sonolentíssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sonolento?
- Brazil /so.noˈlẽ.tu/
- Portugal /su.nuˈlẽ.tu/
- Portugal /su.nu.ˈlẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sonolento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sonolento in Portuguese?
sonolento 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).