soçobrar

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish zozobrar or Old Spanish sozobrar, from Old Catalan sotsobrar, from sotsobre < sots + sobre, or from a Vulgar Latin *subsuperāre (turn upside down), from sub (under) + super (over).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.suˈbɾaɾ/ [su.suˈβɾaɾ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /su.suˈbɾa.ɾi/ [su.suˈβɾa.ɾi]

  • Hyphenation: so‧ço‧brar

Verb

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soçobrar (first-person singular present soçobro, first-person singular preterite soçobrei, past participle soçobrado)

  1. (nautical) to capsize, keel over

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Middle French: soussoubrer, soussombrer

References

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  1. ^ soçobrar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ soçobrar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 20082024

Further reading

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