soberano

See also: Soberano

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from a Vulgar Latin root *superānus, from Latin super.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sobeˈɾano/ [s̺o.β̞eˈɾa.nʊ]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Hyphenation: so‧be‧ra‧no

Adjective

soberano (feminine soberana, masculine plural soberanos, feminine plural soberanas)

1. sovereign (exercising supreme authority)
2. independent

   Synonym: independente

3. (figuratively) very large

Noun

soberano m (plural soberanos, feminine soberana, feminine plural soberanas)

1. sovereign, monarch

Related terms

• soberana
• soberanía

Further reading

• “soberano”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from a Vulgar Latin root *superānus, from Latin super. Compare French souverain, Italian sovrano, soprano, Spanish soberano. Doublet of soprano, from Italian.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.beˈɾɐ̃.nu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.beˈɾɐ̃.nu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /so.beˈɾɐ.no/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.bɨˈɾɐ.nu/ [su.βɨˈɾɐ.nu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.bɨˈɾɐ.nu/ [su.βɨˈɾɐ.nu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.bɨˈɾa.nu/ [su.βɨˈɾa.nu]

• Hyphenation: so‧be‧ra‧no

Adjective

soberano (feminine soberana, masculine plural soberanos, feminine plural soberanas)

1. sovereign (exercising power to reign); regal, royal

   Synonym: poderoso

2. sovereign (having supreme, ultimate power)

   Synonym: supremo

3. (figurative) sovereign (exceptional in quality)

   Synonyms: excelente, excelso, maravilhoso, ótimo

Noun

soberano m (plural soberanos, feminine soberana, feminine plural soberanas)

1. monarch; sovereign (the ruler of a country)

   Synonyms: ditador, monarca, rei

Derived terms

• soberanamente
• soberania
• soberanizado
• soberanizar

 

Related terms

• sobre
• suserano

Further reading

• “soberano”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “soberano”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “soberano” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “soberano”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “soberano”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “soberano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *superānus or *superiānus, from Latin super. Compare French souverain, Italian sovrano, soprano, Portuguese soberano, Catalan sobirà. Doublet of soprano, from Italian.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sobeˈɾano/ [so.β̞eˈɾa.no]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: so‧be‧ra‧no

Adjective

soberano (feminine soberana, masculine plural soberanos, feminine plural soberanas)

1. sovereign
2. (informal) major, real
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 11:

     A la noche siguiente sorprendieron al animal y le propinaron una soberana paliza.

     The following night, they surprised the animal and dealt it a royal thrashing.

Derived terms

• deuda soberana

 

Noun

soberano m (plural soberanos, feminine soberana, feminine plural soberanas)

1. sovereign

   Synonym: monarca

Related terms

• sobre

 

Further reading

• “soberano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish soberano, ultimately from Latin super. Doublet of soprano.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sobeˈɾano/ [so.bɛˈɾaː.n̪o]
• Rhymes: -ano
• Syllabification: so‧be‧ra‧no

Noun

soberano (feminine soberana, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊᜒᜇᜈᜓ)

1. sovereign

   Synonyms: monarka, (neologism) higpuno

Related terms

• Soberano
• soberanya

 

See also

• hari

 

Adjective

soberano (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊᜒᜇᜈᜓ)

1. sovereign

Further reading

• “soberano”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018