são
See also: Appendix:Variations of "sao"
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- saõ (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsɐ̃w̃/
- Homophones: São, som
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
- Hyphenation: são
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese são, from Latin sānus, from Proto-Indo-European *swā-n- (“healthy; whole; active; vigorous”). Doublet of sano. Cognate with Galician san and Spanish sano.
Adjective
são (feminine sã, masculine plural sãos, feminine plural sãs)
- sound, healthy (enjoying health and vigour of body, mind, or spirit)
- Synonyms: hígido, saudável, sadio
- Antonyms: doente, enfermo
- sane (mentally sound; possessing a rational mind)
- Antonyms: demente, doido, insano, louco
- logically sound
- Synonyms: lógico, correto, sólido
- Antonyms: antilógico, incorreto
Derived terms
- são e salvo
Related terms
- sadio
- sanar
- sanear
- sanidade
- sanificar
- sanitário
Noun
são m (plural sãos, feminine sã, feminine plural sãs)
- someone or something healthy
Alternative forms
- São (in proper nouns, capitalized)
Adjective
são m (apocopate, standard form santo)
- (before the noun) Apocopic form of santo (“saint”)
Etymology 3
Inflected form of ser (“to be”). From Old Portuguese son, from Latin sunt. Cognate with Galician son, Spanish son, Italian sono, French sont, and Romanian sunt.
Verb
são
- third-person plural present indicative of ser
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe, Rocco, page 308:
- Você notou os cabelos dela, são negros e brilhantes e macios...
- You noticed her hair, it's dark and brilliant and soft...
- 2005, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe, Rocco, page 308: