sobrevoar
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin supervolāre.[1] By surface analysis, sobre- + voar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌso.bɾe.voˈa(ʁ)/ [ˌso.bɾe.voˈa(h)], /so.bɾe.voˈa(ʁ)/ [so.bɾe.voˈa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˌso.bɾe.voˈa(ɾ)/, /so.bɾe.voˈa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌso.bɾe.voˈa(ʁ)/ [ˌso.bɾe.voˈa(χ)], /so.bɾe.voˈa(ʁ)/ [so.bɾe.voˈa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌso.bɾe.voˈa(ɻ)/, /so.bɾe.voˈa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.bɾɨˈvwaɾ/ [su.βɾɨˈvwaɾ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /su.bɾɨˈbwaɾ/ [su.βɾɨˈβwaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /su.bɾɨˈvwa.ɾi/ [su.βɾɨˈvwa.ɾi]
- Hyphenation: so‧bre‧vo‧ar
Verb
sobrevoar (first-person singular present sobrevoo, first-person singular preterite sobrevoei, past participle sobrevoado)
- (transitive) to fly over; to overfly
- O avião está a sobrevoar os Açores. ― The plane is flying over the Azores.
Conjugation
Conjugation of sobrevoar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2Superseded.
3European Portuguese.
References
- ^ “sobrevoar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025