sobretudo
Portuguese, noun/so.bɾeˈtu.du/
sobretudo is spelled S-O-B-R-E-T-U-D-O (9 letters) and appears 41 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 2,275th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobretudo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “overcoat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “casacão que se veste sobre todas as outras roupas como resguardo contra o frio”.
What does sobretudo mean in English?
adverb
- 1
especially, above all
noun
- 1
masculineovercoat
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. acima de tudo 2. principalmente 3. especialmente 4. mormente
noun: 1. casacão que se veste sobre todas as outras roupas como resguardo contra o frio
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 sobretudo
- sobretudos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobretudo?
- Brazil /so.bɾeˈtu.du/
- Portugal /su.bɾɨˈtu.du/
- Portugal [su.βɾɨˈtu.ðu]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sobretudo
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sobretudo in Portuguese?
sobretudo appears 41 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).