sobral
Portuguese, noun/soˈbɾaw/
sobral is spelled S-O-B-R-A-L (6 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 16,007th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobral is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a grove (or any aggregation) of cork oaks (Quercus suber)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lugar onde há ou medram sobreiras”.
What does sobral mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea grove (or any aggregation) of cork oaks (Quercus suber)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Ceará
noun: 1. lugar onde há ou medram sobreiras
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sobral
- sobrais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobral?
- Brazil /soˈbɾaw/
- Brazil [soˈbɾaʊ̯]
- Portugal /suˈbɾal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sobral in Portuguese?
sobral appears 3.4 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).