sobressalente
Portuguese, noun/so.bɾe.saˈlẽ.t͡ʃi/
sobressalente is spelled S-O-B-R-E-S-S-A-L-E-N-T-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 67,344th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobressalente is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “spare part (component kept in reserve)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquilo que sobressai, que excede”.
What does sobressalente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinespare (held in reserve)
noun
- 1
masculinespare part (component kept in reserve)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que sobressai
noun: 1. aquilo que sobressai, que excede 2. aquilo que sobeja, que é a mais
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 sobressalente
- sobressalentes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobressalente?
- Brazil /so.bɾe.saˈlẽ.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /su.bɾɨ.sɐˈlẽ.tɨ/
- Portugal [su.βɾɨ.sɐˈlẽ.tɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sobressalente in Portuguese?
sobressalente 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).