solidão

Meaning

loneliness

Hyphenated as

so‧li‧dão

Gender

♀️ Feminine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/so.liˈdɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin sōlitūdinem. -dão is the inherited form of the Latin ending -tūdinem but the root shows semi-learned derivation (compare purely inherited saudade).

Sentences

E a solidão como que lhe duplicava o encanto .

And loneliness, as it were, doubled his charm.

Ele sentiu uma pontada de solidão e tentou ignorá-lo.

He felt a pang of loneliness and tried to ignore it.