sofito

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /soˈfi.tu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /suˈfi.tu/

• Hyphenation: so‧fi‧to

Noun

sofito m (plural sofitos)

1. (architecture) soffit (visible underside of an arch or other architectural element)

Further reading

• “sofito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sofito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian soffitto, from Vulgar Latin *suffīctus, perfect passive participle of Latin suffīgō (“to fasten or fix onto”); compare Classical suffīxus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈfito/ [soˈfi.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: so‧fi‧to

Noun

sofito m (plural sofitos)

1. (architecture) soffit

Further reading

• “sofito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 24th edition, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 30 October 2026