soluço

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• saluço (dated, dialectal)

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈlu.su/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈlu.su/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈlu.so/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈlu.su/, (dialectal) /sɐˈlu.su/

• Hyphenation: so‧lu‧ço

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin suggluttium (attested in glosses), ultimately from Latin singultus, influenced by gluttiō. Compare Spanish sollozo, Romanian sughiț; compare also French sanglot, Italian singhiozzo, from *singlutium.

Noun

soluço m (plural soluços)

1. sob
   • 1995, José Saramago, Ensaio sobre a cegueira, Caminho:

     […] agora só se ouvia algum soluço de aflição, o barulho inconfundível de alguém que acaba de tropeçar.

     […] now only a sob distress could be heard, and the unmistakable noise of someone who had just stumbled.

2. hiccup

Related terms

• soluçar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

soluço

1. first-person singular present indicative of soluçar