sosinho

Portuguese

Adjective

sosinho (feminine sosinha, masculine plural sosinhos, feminine plural sosinhas)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of sozinho.
    • 1930 March 15, “Os interesses do Brasil sacrificados pelas agitações estereis [Brazil’s interests sacrificed by uselees commotion]”, in A Noite, volume XX, number 6583, Rio de Janeiro, page 1:
      No momento actual, não era possivel ao Brasil vencer sosinho as suas difficuldades financeiras, nem lhe será possivel.
      Currently, it was not possible for Brazil to overcome its financial difficulties by itself, nor will it be possible.

Usage notes

This spelling coexisted with the more common spellings sósinho and sózinho as well as the rarer sozinho.

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