sobrecapa
Portuguese, noun/ˌso.bɾeˈka.pɐ/
sobrecapa is spelled S-O-B-R-E-C-A-P-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 102,716th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobrecapa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dust jacket (protective cover of a book)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “folha que se usa para proteger a capa de um livro, e na qual vêm impressos o nome do autor, o título etc., às…”.
What does sobrecapa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedust jacket (protective cover of a book)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. folha que se usa para proteger a capa de um livro, e na qual vêm impressos o nome do autor, o título etc., às vezes com ilustrações
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 sobrecapa
- sobrecapas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobrecapa?
- Brazil /ˌso.bɾeˈka.pɐ/
- Portugal /ˌso.bɾɨˈka.pɐ/
- Portugal [ˌso.βɾɨˈka.pɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sobrecapa in Portuguese?
sobrecapa appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).