são

• saõ (obsolete)

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

From Old Portuguese são, from Latin sānus, from Proto-Indo-European *swā-n- (“healthy; whole; active; vigorous”).

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

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

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

• são e salvo

• sanar
• sanear
• sanidade
• sanificar
• sanitário

• (in proper nouns, capitalized) São

são m (apocopate, standard form santo)

1. (before the noun) Apocopic form of santo ("saint")

Inflected form of ser (“to be”). From Old Portuguese son, from Latin sunt.

são

1. Third-person plural (eles, elas, also used with vocês^?) present indicative of ser
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, Lya Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe, Rocco, page 308:

     Você notou os cabelos dela, são negros e brilhantes e macios...

     You noticed her hair, it's dark and brilliant and soft...