sobreposto
Portuguese, adjective/so.bɾeˈpos.tu/
sobreposto is spelled S-O-B-R-E-P-O-S-T-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,000th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobreposto is a Portuguese adjective meaning “which overlaps something else” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of sobrepor. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “colocado sobre outra coisa”.
What does sobreposto mean in English?
adjective
- 1
which overlaps something else
verb
- 1
past participle of sobrepor
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. colocado sobre outra coisa
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 sobreposto
- sobreposta feminine
- sobrepostos masculine plural
- sobrepostas feminine plural
- metaphonic feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobreposto?
- Brazil /so.bɾeˈpos.tu/
- /so.bɾeˈpoʃ.tu/
- Portugal /su.bɾɨˈpoʃ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sobreposto
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sobreposto in Portuguese?
sobreposto 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).