São Paulo

See also: Sao Paulo

English

Alternative forms

• Sao Paulo

Etymology

From Portuguese, named after Saint Paul.

Proper noun

São Paulo

1. A state in the Southeast Region of Brazil, whose capital is São Paulo.
2. A municipality, the capital of the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

Translations

city and state

• Arabic: سَاو بَاوْلُو‏‎ m (saw bāwlū)
• Azeri: San Paulo
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聖保羅 (zh), 圣保罗 (zh) (Shèng-Bǎoluó)

• Esperanto: San-Paŭlio
• Finnish: São Paulo (fi)
• French: São Paulo (fr) m
• Greek: Σάο Πάολο n (Sáo Páolo), Σάο Πάουλο n (Sáo Páoulo)
• Hebrew: סאו פאולו‏‎
• Hindi: साओ पाउलो (sā'ō pā'ulō)

• Italian: San Paolo (it) f
• Japanese: サンパウロ (ja) (Sanpauro)
• Korean: 상파울루 (Sangpaullu)
• Macedonian: Сао Паоло (Sáo Páolo)
• Marathi: साओं पाउलो n (sāoṃ pāulo)
• Portuguese: São Paulo (pt)
• Russian: Сан-Па́улу (ru) m (San-Páulu)
• Spanish: San Pablo (es), São Paulo (es), Sao Paulo (es)
• Thai: เซาเปาลู (sao bpao loo)
• Turkish: São Paulo

Related terms

• Saint Paul

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French

Etymology

From Portuguese, named after Saint Paul.

Proper noun

São Paulo m

1. São Paulo (a state in the Southeast Region of Brazil, whose capital is São Paulo)
2. São Paulo (a municipality, the capital of the state of São Paulo, Brazil)
   • 1955, Claude Lévi-Strauss, Tristes Tropiques, 1993 ed., Plon, ISBN 978-2-259-00359-1, chap. X,I p. 108

     Et pourtant São Paulo ne m'a jamais paru laide : c'était une ville sauvage comme le sont toutes les villes américaines, à l'exception peut-être de Washington, D.C., [...]

     — And yet I never thought that São Paulo was ugly: it was a‘wild’ town, as are all American towns, with the possible exception of Washington, D.C., [...] — 1973, John & Doreen Weightman (trans.), Tristes Tropiques, 2011 ed., Penguin Books, ISBN 978-0-14-197073-8

See also

• pauliste, Pauliste

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Portuguese

Etymology

são (“saint”) +‎ Paulo (“Paul”)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃w̃ ˈpaw.lu/, /ˌsɐ̃.ˈpaw.lu/

Proper noun

São Paulo m

1. Paul the Apostle, Paul of Tarsus, Saint Paul
2. São Paulo (a state in the Southeast Region of Brazil, whose capital is São Paulo)

Synonyms

• (São Paulo state): SP

Proper noun

São Paulo f

1. São Paulo (a municipality, the capital of the state of São Paulo, Brazil)

Usage notes

Only the third meaning of the masculine proper noun "São Paulo" — the football team — is referred to by articles. The other meanings of the phrase (feminine for the city and masculine for the state and the historical person) are articleless, and its gender is only demonstrated in adjectives. Therefore the phrase "o São Paulo" is only permissible when one means to refer to the football team with that name and "a São Paulo" does not exist.

Synonyms

• Sampa (nickname)