sobreira
Portuguese, noun/soˈbɾe(j).ɾɐ/
sobreira is spelled S-O-B-R-E-I-R-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobreira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “uncommon form of sobreiro” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sobreiro velho”.
What does sobreira mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineuncommon form of sobreiro
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sobreiro velho
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 sobreira
- sobreiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobreira?
- Brazil /soˈbɾe(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [soˈbɾe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- Portugal /suˈbɾɐj.ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sobreira in Portuguese?
sobreira appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).