solidão

Meaning

1. (feminine, uncountable) loneliness (quality of being lonely)
2. (countable, feminine, figuratively) an empty, unpopulated place

Concepts

loneliness

solitude

solitariness

lonesomeness

aloneness

purdah

desolation

forlornness

Synonyms

Solidao

solitude

Translations

solitude

soledad

Einsamkeit

solitudine

eenzaamheid

solitudo

solitud

μοναξιά

yalnızlık

عُزْلَة

Alleinsein

isolamento

تهنهایی

μοναξια

Pronounced as (IPA)

/so.liˈdɐ̃w̃/

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin sōlitūdinem. Doublet of solitude, a learned borrowing that shows a different ending due to not going through any sound changes.

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.