sotsobrar

From sotsobre +‎ -ar. Compare Spanish zozobrar (from Old Catalan).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [sut.suˈβɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [sot.soˈbɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [sot.soˈbɾaɾ]

sotsobrar (first-person singular present sotsobro, first-person singular preterite sotsobrí, past participle sotsobrat); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɔ/; (Valencia) /o/

1. (intransitive) to capsize

   Synonym: fer sotsobre

2. (transitive, archaic) to knock down an opponent

• → Spanish: zozobrar

• “sotsobrar”, 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
• “sotsobrar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “sotsobrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.