sobejar

Portuguese

Etymology

From sobejo (“overabundant”) +‎ -ar.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.beˈʒa(ʁ)/ [so.beˈʒa(h)]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.beˈʒa(ʁ)/ [so.beˈʒa(h)]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /so.beˈʒa(ɾ)/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /so.beˈʒa(ʁ)/ [so.beˈʒa(χ)]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.beˈʒa(ɻ)/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.bɨˈʒaɾ/ [su.βɨˈʒaɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.bɨˈʒaɾ/ [su.βɨˈʒaɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.bɨˈʒa.ɾi/ [su.βɨˈʒa.ɾi]

Verb

sobejar (first-person singular present sobejo, first-person singular preterite sobejei, past participle sobejado)

1. (intransitive or transitive, impersonal) to have too much/many of; to have more than enough of [with de or (informal) direct object ‘something’]

   Synonym: sobrar

   Sobejou de comida.

   There was more than enough food.

2. (intransitive or pronominal) to be overabundant; to be more than enough

   Synonym: sobrar

   A comida sobejou.

   Food was overabundant.

3. (intransitive or pronominal) to remain, to be left over

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sobejar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (tu)	Third-person (ele / ela / você)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / vocês)
Infinitive
Impersonal	sobejar
Personal	sobejar	sobejares	sobejar	sobejarmos	sobejardes	sobejarem
Gerund
	sobejando
Past participle
Masculine	sobejado			sobejados
Feminine	sobejada			sobejadas
Indicative
Present	sobejo	sobejas	sobeja	sobejamos	sobejais	sobejam
Imperfect	sobejava	sobejavas	sobejava	sobejávamos	sobejáveis	sobejavam
Preterite	sobejei	sobejaste	sobejou	sobejamos1, sobejámos2	sobejastes	sobejaram
Pluperfect	sobejara	sobejaras	sobejara	sobejáramos	sobejáreis	sobejaram
Future	sobejarei	sobejarás	sobejará	sobejaremos	sobejareis	sobejarão
Conditional	sobejaria	sobejarias	sobejaria	sobejaríamos	sobejaríeis	sobejariam
Subjunctive
Present	sobeje	sobejes	sobeje	sobejemos	sobejeis	sobejem
Imperfect	sobejasse	sobejasses	sobejasse	sobejássemos	sobejásseis	sobejassem
Future	sobejar	sobejares	sobejar	sobejarmos	sobejardes	sobejarem
Imperative
Affirmative		sobeja	sobeje	sobejemos	sobejai	sobejem
Negative (não)		não sobejes	não sobeje	não sobejemos	não sobejeis	não sobejem

¹Brazilian Portuguese.
²European Portuguese.

Derived terms

• sobejante

Further reading

• “sobejar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024