sobra
See also: sobrá and sõbra
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Deverbal from sobrar.
Noun
sobra f (plural sobres)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sobra”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “sobra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “sobra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “sobra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Etymology 2
Verb
sobra
- inflection of sobrar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsobra/
- Hyphenation: so‧bra
- Rhymes: -obra
Adjective
sobra (accusative singular sobran, plural sobraj, accusative plural sobrajn)
Derived terms
- sobrema (“abstemious”)
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsɔ.bɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsɔ.bɾa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsɔ.bɾɐ/ [ˈsɔ.βɾɐ]
- Hyphenation: so‧bra
Etymology 1
Deverbal from sobrar (“to remain”).
Noun
sobra f (plural sobras)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
sobra
- inflection of sobrar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Sassarese
Alternative forms
- sobr' (apocopic, found before a vowel sound)
Adverb
sobra
- alternative spelling of sobbra
Preposition
sobra
- alternative spelling of sobbra
- 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Primabéra [Spring]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Sassarese and Italian), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 13:
- […] E l’ombra
débiri ancora di li rati nudi
sobr’a la terra nuda mi commobi- And again the feeble shadow of the naked branches 'on the naked earth moves me
References
- Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsobɾa/ [ˈso.β̞ɾa]
- Rhymes: -obɾa
- Syllabification: so‧bra
Etymology 1
Deverbal from sobrar.
Noun
sobra f (plural sobras)
- surplus, excess, extra
- (in the plural) leftovers, leavings
- 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 21:
- La Calchona es una oveja que ronda por la noche las habitaciones de los campesinos, los cuales, como saben que es gente, le dejan en un lebrillo las sobras de la comida.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- rubbish, trash
- Synonym: basura
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Verb
sobra
- inflection of sobrar:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “sobra”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
Swedish
Adjective
sobra
- inflection of sober:
- definite singular
- plural
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish sobra. Doublet of subla.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsobɾa/ [ˈsob.ɾɐ]
- Rhymes: -obɾa
- Syllabification: sob‧ra
Noun
sobra (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊ᜔ᜇ)
Derived terms
- magkasobra
- magpasobra
- masobrahan
- napakasobra
- pasobrahin
- sobrahan
Related terms
- sobrado
- sobrante
- sobre
- sobrekama
- sobrekarga
- sobrenatural
- sobrepaga
- sobrepalda
- sobresalyente
Adjective
sobra (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊ᜔ᜇ)
Adverb
sobra (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊ᜔ᜇ)
Further reading
- “sobra”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018