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sobremodo

Portuguese, adverb/so.bɾeˈmɔ.du/

sobremodo is spelled S-O-B-R-E-M-O-D-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese, the 183,862nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobremodo is a Portuguese adverb meaning “greatly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “em grau elevado; excessivamente, muito, demasiadamente; de forma intensa ou acentuada”.

What does sobremodo mean in English?

adverb

  1. 1

    greatly

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adverb: 1. em grau elevado; excessivamente, muito, demasiadamente; de forma intensa ou acentuada

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.

How do you pronounce sobremodo?

  • Brazil /so.bɾeˈmɔ.du/
  • Portugal /su.bɾɨˈmɔ.du/
  • Portugal [su.βɾɨˈmɔ.ðu]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is sobremodo in Portuguese?

sobremodo appears about once in every 42 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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