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 Galician-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)

1. sound, healthy (enjoying health and vigour of body, mind, or spirit)

   Synonyms: hígido, saudável, sadio

   Antonyms: doente, enfermo

2. sane (mentally sound; possessing a rational mind)

   Antonyms: demente, doido, insano, louco

3. 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)

1. someone or something healthy

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• São (in proper nouns, capitalized)

Adjective

são m (apocopate, standard form santo)

1. (before the noun) Apocopic form of santo (“saint”)

Etymology 3

Inflected form of ser (“to be”). From Old Galician-Portuguese son, from Latin sunt. Cognate with Galician son, Spanish son, Italian sono, French sont, and Romanian sunt.

Verb

são

1. 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...