sobredose
Portuguese, noun/so.bɾeˈdɔ.zi/
sobredose is spelled S-O-B-R-E-D-O-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese, the 233,859th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobredose is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “overdose (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dose excessiva dum medicamento, superior à prescrita”.
What does sobredose mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoverdose (excessive and dangerous dose of a drug)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dose excessiva dum medicamento, superior à prescrita 2. dose excessiva duma droga
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 sobredose
- sobredoses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobredose?
- Brazil /so.bɾeˈdɔ.zi/
- Portugal /su.bɾɨˈdɔ.zɨ/
- Portugal [su.βɾɨˈðɔ.zɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sobredose in Portuguese?
sobredose appears about once in every 72 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).