sonso
Portuguese, noun/ˈsõ.su/
sonso is spelled S-O-N-S-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 89,875th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sonso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “idiot, stupid person” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo sonso”.
What does sonso mean in English?
adjective
- 1
stupid, dumb, foolish
Deixa de ser sonsa, tá na cara que ele tem outra!
- 2
playing dumb (feigning stupidity or ignorance of some knowledge, usually in order to avoid responsibility or gain some advantage)
Ele é muito sonso: eu vi ele pegar um pedaço do bolo, mas ele jura que não foi ele!
noun
- 1
masculineidiot, stupid person
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. manhoso, astuto, dissimulado 2. pessoa tola, boba, que não conhece as malícias da vida , que mostra que não sabe mas na verdade engana todos.
noun: 1. indivíduo sonso
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 sonso
- sonsa feminine
- sonsos masculine plural
- sonsas feminine plural
- mais sonso comparative
- o mais sonso superlative
- sonsíssimo superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sonso?
- Brazil /ˈsõ.su/
- Portugal /ˈsõ.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sonso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sonso in Portuguese?
sonso appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).