sulfito
Portuguese, noun/suwˈfi.tu/
sulfito is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sulfite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sal do ácido sulfuroso H₂SO₃”.
What does sulfito mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesulfite
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sal do ácido sulfuroso H₂SO₃
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 sulfito
- sulfitos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sulfito?
- Brazil /suwˈfi.tu/
- Brazil [suʊ̯ˈfi.tu]
- Portugal /sulˈfi.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 sulfito
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sulfito in Portuguese?
sulfito appears about once in every 16 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).