só

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈso]

só

1. (archaic or dialectal) Pre-2016 spelling of so (archaic or dialectal first singular present indicative of ser and ésser).

The spelling só was deprecated in the 2016 spelling reform. The old spelling can still be used for metalinguistic transcriptions, or when the intended meaning is not clear from the context. See Appendix:Catalan orthography.

From Old Galician-Portuguese soo, from Latin sōlus (“alone”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɔ]

só (feminine soa, masculine plural sós, feminine plural soas)

1. alone (by oneself)
2. lonely, solitary

   Synonyms: senlleiro, solitario

• soamente
• soíño

só

1. no more than; merely
2. only; just

   Synonyms: exclusivamente, unicamente, soamente

só m (plural sós)

1. solo

   Synonym: solo

2. coffee (beverage) without milk

• “soo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “soo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “só” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “só” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Maybe from Alanic. Compare Ossetian цӕхх (cæxx).

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃoː]

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• Rhymes: -ʃoː

só (countable and uncountable, plural sók)

1. salt (a common substance, chemically consisting mainly of sodium chloride (NaCl), used extensively as a condiment and preservative)
2. (chemistry) salt (one of the compounds formed from the reaction of an acid with a base, where a positive ion replaces a hydrogen of the acid)

• Soós (family name)

• só in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

• sódh, sógh (obsolete)

From Middle Irish soad, from so- (“good”) + sáith (“sufficiency”).

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /sˠoː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /sˠɔː/

só m (genitive singular só, nominative plural sónna)

1. comfort, luxury, self-indulgence

• “só”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “1 sód, soad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “sóġ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 668
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “só”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

• IPA^(key): /so/, [sɔ]

só

1. To walk.

• Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

só

1. first/third-person past indicative active of súga

Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *t͡so, from Proto-Tupian *t͡so.[1]

Cognate with Guaraní ho.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɔ
• Hyphenation: só

só (possessable)

1. go; act of going

   Synonym: kûaba

só (first-person singular active indicative asó, first-person singular negative active indicative nasóî, noun só) (intransitive)

1. to go

   Synonym: kûab

   'Y kûápe asó.

   I go to the cove.

• Nheengatu: sú

• Eduardo de Almeida Navarro (2013) “só”, in Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Global, →ISBN, page 443, columns 1–2

• sò (obsolete)

Old Galician-Portuguese soo, from Latin sōlus (“alone”). Doublet of solo.

• Hyphenation: só

só m or f (plural só or (obsolete) sós)

1. only; just (alone in a category)

   Só um carro já é suficiente. ― Just one car is enough.

   • 1943, André Luiz, Francisco Cândido Xavier, Nosso Lar:

     — Só amanhã poderei diagnosticar seguramente, porque a pneumonia se apresenta muito complicada, em virtude da hipertensão. Todo o cuidado é pouco, o Dr. Ernesto reclama absoluto repouso.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. only; just (no more than)

   Só três pessoas vão receber o prémio. ― Only three people will receive the prize.

   Só um minuto. ― Just a minute.

3. only; merely; just (introduces a number or object with the implication that it is small or insufficient)

   Tomo só uma cerveja por mês. ― I drink just one beer every month.

só m or f (plural sós)

1. alone (by oneself; not accompanied)

   Você está só? ― Are you alone?

   Synonyms: sozinho, solito (Rio Grande do Sul)

2. lonely; solitary (living or being by oneself)

   Senti-me só. ― I felt lonely.

   Synonym: solitário

For quotations using this term, see Citations:só.

só (not comparable)

1. (preceding the verb) only; just (indicates that no other action is/was/will be performed)

   Synonyms: apenas, exclusivamente, unicamente, somente

   Nós só comemos carne. ― We only eat meat.

2. (preceding the verb) only; merely; just; simply (indicates that the action is not significant)

   Synonyms: meramente, simplesmente

   Eles só roubaram uns clipes. ― They just stole some paperclips.

   • 2003, J. K. Rowling, Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e a Ordem da Fênix, Rocco, page 227:

     Pensei que você tivesse dito que ela estava só mandando você escrever!

     I thought you said that she was just telling you to write!

3. (somewhat formal) alone (unaccompanied or without help)

   Synonym: sozinho

   Prefiro morar só. ― I prefer living alone.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:só.

From Sanskrit षष् (ṣaṣ).

só (Hanifi spelling 𐴏𐴡𐴤)

1. six

só (invariable)

1. Alternative spelling of so': his/her; of his/of hers