sobremesa
Portuguese, noun/so.bɾeˈme.zɐ/
sobremesa is spelled S-O-B-R-E-M-E-S-A (9 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,158th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobremesa is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dessert (sweet confection served as the last course of a meal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fruta ou doce que se come no fim da refeição”.
What does sobremesa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedessert (sweet confection served as the last course of a meal)
- 2
femininethe last event in a series of good events
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fruta ou doce que se come no fim da refeição
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 sobremesa
- sobremesas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobremesa?
- Brazil /so.bɾeˈme.zɐ/
- Brazil /so.bɾiˈme.zɐ/
- Portugal /su.bɾɨˈme.zɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sobremesa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sobremesa in Portuguese?
sobremesa appears 7.4 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).