sobra

See also: sobrá and sõbra

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Adjective

sobra

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

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sobra. Doublet of subla.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sob‧ra
• IPA^(key): /ˈsobɾa/, [ˈsob.ɾɐ]

Noun

sobra (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊ᜔ᜇ)

1. surplus; excess; extra

   Synonyms: labis, higit

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