sobressair
Portuguese, verb/so.bɾe.saˈi(ʁ)/
sobressair is spelled S-O-B-R-E-S-S-A-I-R (10 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 43,826th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobressair is a Portuguese verb meaning “to stick out; to jut out” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “estar ou ficar saliente”.
What does sobressair mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stick out; to jut out
- 2
to shine (to distinguish oneself)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. estar ou ficar saliente 2. ressaltar 3. sobrelevar 4. realçar
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 sobressair
- sobressaio first-person present singular
- sobressaí first-person preterite singular
- sobressaído participle past
- sobressaíres infinitive second-person singular
- sobressairmos first-person infinitive plural
- sobressairdes infinitive plural second-person
- sobressaírem infinitive plural third-person
- sobressaindo gerund
- sobressaídos masculine participle past
- sobressaída feminine participle past
- sobressaídas feminine participle past
- sobressais indicative present second-person
- sobressai indicative present singular
- sobressaímos first-person indicative plural
- sobressaís indicative plural present
- sobressaem indicative plural present
- sobressaía first-person imperfect indicative
- sobressaías imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobressair?
- Brazil /so.bɾe.saˈi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [so.bɾe.saˈi(h)]
- /so.bɾe.saˈi(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sobressair
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sobressair in Portuguese?
sobressair appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).