No. 2,983 in Portuguese
sic
"Sic" in Portuguese means "thus" or "so," used to indicate that a preceding quote is reproduced exactly as it originally appears, including errors.
In a sentence
Eles disseram que 'não há problema nenhum com o sistema [sic]' na reunião de ontem.
They said 'there is no problem at all with the system [sic]' in yesterday's meeting.
Here, 'sic' indicates that the quotation directly reflects the original statement, maintaining its phrasing despite any grammatical or factual inaccuracy.
O artigo de jornal afirmou que 'os resultados foram os mejores [sic] da história'.
The newspaper article claimed that 'the results were the best [sic] in history'.
In this case, 'sic' is used to indicate that the quoted term has been faithfully reproduced as it appeared in the original text, despite the misspelling ('mejores').
Na pesquisa acadêmica, o autor mencionou que 'mais de metade dos participantes relataram sucesso [sic] ao usar o método'.
In the academic research, the author mentioned that 'more than half of the participants reported success [sic] when using the method'.
Here, 'sic' is used to preserve the integrity of the quoted statement, noting any unusual or unexpected phrasing or content.
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