são

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sao"

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• saõ (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃w̃/
• Homophone: São
• Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese são, from Latin sānus.

Adjective

são (feminine singular sã, masculine plural sãos, feminine plural sãs, comparable)

1. sound, healthy (enjoying health and vigour of body, mind, or spirit)
2. sane (mentally sound; possessing a rational mind)
3. logically sound

Synonyms

• (healthy): hígido, saudável, sadio
• (logically sound): lógico, correto, sólido

Antonyms

• (healthy): doente, enfermo
• (sane): demente, doido, insano, louco
• (logically sound): antilógico, incorreto

Derived terms

• são e salvo

Related terms

• sanar
• sanear
• sanidade
• sanificar
• sanitário

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• (in proper nouns, capitalized) São

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 Portuguese son, from Latin sunt.

Verb

são

1. Third-person plural (eles, elas, also used with vocês^?) present indicative of ser
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