sofá
Asturian
Noun
sofá m (plural sofás)
- sofa (upholstered seat)
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from French sofa, from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soˈfa/ [s̺oˈfa]
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: so‧fá
Noun
sofá m (plural sofás)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sofá”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French sofa, from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa), from Aramaic צפא (ṣipā’, “mat”). More at sofa.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /soˈfa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /suˈfa/
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /(ˌ)sɔˈfa/
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: so‧fá
Noun
sofá m (plural sofás)
- sofa (upholstered furniture, with back and arms, where people sit)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “sofá”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “sofá”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French sofa, from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa). More at English sofa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /soˈfa/ [soˈfa]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: so‧fá
Noun
sofá m (plural sofás)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sofá”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024