sobra

See also: sobrá and sõbra

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈsɔ.βɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈsɔ.bɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈsɔ.bɾa]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from sobrar.

Noun

sobra f (plural sobres)

1. excess (too much)
2. (in the plural) leftovers

   Synonym: sobralles

Derived terms

• de sobres

Further reading

• “sobra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “sobra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “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

1. inflection of sobrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsobra/
• Hyphenation: so‧bra
• Rhymes: -obra

Adjective

sobra (accusative singular sobran, plural sobraj, accusative plural sobrajn)

1. sober

   Antonym: ebria

Derived terms

• sobrema (“abstemious”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.bɾɐ/

• (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)

1. (often in the plural) leftover; remainder (something that remains)

   Synonyms: resto, sobejo

Derived terms

• de sobra

Etymology 2

Verb

sobra

1. inflection of sobrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Sassarese

Alternative forms

• sobr' (apocopic, found before a vowel sound)

Adverb

sobra

1. Alternative spelling of sobbra

Preposition

sobra

1. 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)

1. surplus, excess, extra
2. (in the plural) leftovers, leavings

   Synonyms: migajas, restos

   • 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)

3. rubbish, trash

   Synonym: basura

Derived terms

• de sobra

 

Etymology 2

Verb

sobra

1. inflection of sobrar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. 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], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Adjective

sobra

1. inflection of sober:
   1. definite singular
   2. 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)

1. surplus; excess; extra

   Synonyms: labis, higit, sobrante

Derived terms

• magkasobra
• magpasobra
• masobrahan
• napakasobra
• pasobrahin
• sobrahan

 

Related terms

• sobrado
• sobrante
• sobre
• sobrekama
• sobrekarga
• sobrenatural
• sobrepaga
• sobrepalda
• sobresalyente

 

Adjective

sobra (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊ᜔ᜇ)

1. excessive; too much

   Synonym: labis-labis

2. excess; surplus

   Synonym: labis

Adverb

sobra (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊ᜔ᜇ)

1. (colloquial) so; very

   Synonyms: labis, napaka-

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• braso