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Galician
Verb
são
- (reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of ser
Portuguese
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Pronunciation
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)
- sound, healthy (enjoying health and vigour of body, mind, or spirit)
- Synonyms: hígido, saudável, sadio
- Antonyms: doente, enfermo
- sane (mentally sound; possessing a rational mind)
- Antonyms: demente, doido, insano, louco
- logically sound
- Synonyms: lógico, correto, sólido
- Antonyms: antilógico, incorreto
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Noun
são m (plural sãos, feminine sã, feminine plural sãs)
- someone or something healthy
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Adjective
são m (apocopate, standard form santo)
- (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
- third-person plural present indicative of ser
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