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sonda

Portuguese, noun/ˈsõ.dɐ/

sonda is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “probe (device or craft used for exploration)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular present indicative of sondar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prumo ou objeto análogo com que se determina ou observa a profundidade das águas, ou interior de um objeto…”.

What does sonda mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineprobe (device or craft used for exploration)

  2. 2

    femininesound (long, thin probe for sounding body)

  3. 3

    femininea rope or rod used to fathom bodies of water

verb

  1. 1

    third-person singular present indicative

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. prumo ou objeto análogo com que se determina ou observa a profundidade das águas, ou interior de um objeto, estado de um órgão ou de um ferimento, etc 2. aparelho de perfuração do terreno para conhecimento do subsolo ou para abrir poços profundos 3. tubo de borracha que se introduz em cavidades orgânicas para se extrair delas o conteúdo

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 sonda

  • sondas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce sonda?

  • Brazil /ˈsõ.dɐ/
  • Portugal /ˈsõ.dɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to sonda

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is sonda in Portuguese?

sonda appears 5.8 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).