sobrevir
Portuguese, verb/ˌso.bɾiˈvi(ʁ)/
sobrevir is spelled S-O-B-R-E-V-I-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 48 million words in written Portuguese, the 195,116th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobrevir is a Portuguese verb meaning “to supervene” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vir sobre ou logo após algo; ocorrer depois”.
What does sobrevir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to supervene
- 2
to occur
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
verb: 1. vir sobre ou logo após algo; ocorrer depois 2. chegar ou suceder imprevistamente
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 sobrevir
- sobrevenho first-person present singular
- sobrevim first-person preterite singular
- sobrevindo participle past
- sobrevires infinitive second-person singular
- sobrevirmos first-person infinitive plural
- sobrevirdes infinitive plural second-person
- sobrevirem infinitive plural third-person
- sobrevindos masculine participle past
- sobrevinda feminine participle past
- sobrevindas feminine participle past
- sobrevéns indicative present second-person
- sobrevém indicative present singular
- sobrevimos first-person indicative plural
- sobrevindes indicative plural present
- sobrevêm indicative plural present
- sobrevinha first-person imperfect indicative
- sobrevinhas imperfect indicative second-person
- sobrevínhamos first-person imperfect indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobrevir?
- Brazil /ˌso.bɾiˈvi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [ˌso.bɾiˈvi(h)]
- /ˌso.bɾiˈvi(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sobrevir in Portuguese?
sobrevir appears about once in every 48 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).