sobressaltar
Portuguese, verb/so.bɾe.sawˈta(ʁ)/
sobressaltar is spelled S-O-B-R-E-S-S-A-L-T-A-R (12 letters). Sobressaltar is a Portuguese verb meaning “to startle (to frighten by sudden alarm)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “transpor”.
What does sobressaltar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to startle (to frighten by sudden alarm)
Sobressaltei-a dando um grito.
- 2
to be startled
Sobressaltei-me com o grito dele.
- 3
to jump over
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. transpor 2. aparecer, chamar a atenção 3. surpreender-se, assusta-se 4. omitir
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 sobressaltar
- sobressalto first-person present singular
- sobressaltei first-person preterite singular
- sobressaltado participle past
- sobressaltares infinitive second-person singular
- sobressaltarmos first-person infinitive plural
- sobressaltardes infinitive plural second-person
- sobressaltarem infinitive plural third-person
- sobressaltando gerund
- sobressaltados masculine participle past
- sobressaltada feminine participle past
- sobressaltadas feminine participle past
- sobressaltas indicative present second-person
- sobressalta indicative present singular
- sobressaltamos first-person indicative plural
- sobressaltais indicative plural present
- sobressaltam indicative plural present
- sobressaltava first-person imperfect indicative
- sobressaltavas imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobressaltar?
- Brazil /so.bɾe.sawˈta(ʁ)/
- Brazil [so.bɾe.saʊ̯ˈta(h)]
- /so.bɾe.sawˈta(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.