soslaio
Portuguese, noun/sozˈlaj.u/
soslaio is spelled S-O-S-L-A-I-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 129,832nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soslaio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sideways look” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “de esguelha, de lado”.
What does soslaio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesideways look
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. de esguelha, de lado
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.
How do you pronounce soslaio?
- Brazil /sozˈlaj.u/
- Brazil [sozˈlaɪ̯.u]
- /soʒˈlaj.u/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is soslaio in Portuguese?
soslaio appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).