solidão

Portuguese

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin sōlitūdinem. -dão is the inherited form of the Latin ending -tūdinem but the root shows semi-learned derivation (compare purely inherited saudade).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.liˈdɐ̃w̃/ [so.liˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.liˈdɐ̃w̃/ [su.liˈðɐ̃w̃]

• Hyphenation: so‧li‧dão

Noun

solidão f (uncountable)

1. loneliness

   Salva-me da solidão ― Save me from loneliness.

   O que é a solidão? ― What is loneliness?

   A casa está cheia de solidão. ― The house is filled with loneliness.

   A solidão da noite ― The loneliness of night.

   Salva minha alma desta solidão. ― Save my soul from this loneliness.