sofá

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sofa"

Asturian

Noun

sofá m (plural sofás)

1. 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)

1. sofa, couch

Derived terms

• sofá cama

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/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: so‧fá

Noun

sofá m (plural sofás)

1. sofa (upholstered furniture, with back and arms, where people sit)

Derived terms

• sofá-cama
• sofazão
• sofazinho
• teste do sofá

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Sofá
• → Tetum: sofá

Further reading

• “sofá”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “sofá”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “sofá”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025, →ISBN
• “sofá”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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)

1. sofa, couch

Derived terms

• sofá cama

Further reading

• “sofá”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• fosa
• Safo