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sobra

See also: sobrá and sõbra

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Deverbal from sobrar.

Noun

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sobra f (plural sobres)

  1. excess (too much)
  2. (in the plural) leftovers
    Synonym: sobralles
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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sobra

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

Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

  1. sober
    Antonym: ebria

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Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: so‧bra

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from sobrar (“to remain”).

Noun

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sobra f (plural sobras)

  1. (often in the plural) leftover; remainder (something that remains)
    Synonyms: resto, sobejo
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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sobra

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

Sassarese

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Alternative forms

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

Adverb

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sobra

  1. Alternative spelling of sobbra

Preposition

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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

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  • Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsobɾa/ [ˈso.β̞ɾa]
  • Rhymes: -obɾa
  • Syllabification: so‧bra

Etymology 1

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Deverbal from sobrar.

Noun

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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
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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sobra

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

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Swedish

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Adjective

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sobra

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

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish sobra. Doublet of subla.

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Noun

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sobra (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊ᜔ᜇ)

  1. surplus; excess; extra
    Synonyms: labis, higit, sobrante

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Adjective

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sobra (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊ᜔ᜇ)

  1. excessive; too much
    Synonym: labis-labis
  2. excess; surplus
    Synonym: labis

Adverb

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sobra (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊ᜔ᜇ)

  1. (colloquial) so; very
    Synonyms: labis, napaka-

Further reading

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

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