sósia
Portuguese, noun/ˈsɔ.zjɐ/
sósia is spelled S-Ó-S-I-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,491st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sósia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “double (a person resembling or standing for another)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que é muito parecida com outra”.
What does sósia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinedouble (a person resembling or standing for another)
- 2
femininemasculinelookalike, doppelganger
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa que é muito parecida com outra
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 sósia
- sósias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sósia?
- Brazil /ˈsɔ.zjɐ/
- Portugal /ˈsɔ.zjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sósia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sósia in Portuguese?
sósia appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).