sul
Portuguese, noun/ˈsuw/
sul is spelled S-U-L (3 letters) and appears 316 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 286th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sul is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “south (cardinal point)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “um dos quatro pontos cardeais”.
What does sul mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesouth (cardinal point)
- 2
masculinesouth (region or regions that lie in the south)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. uma das cinco macrorregiões que formam o Brasil e que está situada na parte mais ao sul do país
noun: 1. um dos quatro pontos cardeais
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 sul
- suis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sul?
- Brazil /ˈsuw/
- Brazil [ˈsuʊ̯]
- Portugal /ˈsul/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sul
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sul in Portuguese?
sul appears 316 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).