This is the 8014th most frequent Portuguese word.
sanches
"Sanches" is a Portuguese surname.
In this sentence, 'Sanches' is used as a proper noun referring to a surname.
Sanches é um sobrenome comum em Portugal.
Sanches is a common surname in Portugal.
Here, 'Sanches' is part of a compound proper noun referring to an author's name.
Nós estudamos a obra de Sanches Piñol na aula de literatura.
We studied the work of Sanches Piñol in the literature class.
In this example, 'Sanches' refers to a person mentioned within a context, likely as a participant.