soçobrar

verb

The verdict

“soçobrar” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dito de navio que sofre naufrágio

Corpus desk

Index PT-socobrar · soçobrar · Portuguese

soçobrar · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for soçobrar
PropertyValue
Headwordsoçobrar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “soçobrar” em português

soçobrarestá além das 100.000 formas mais frequentes do português, na cauda de léxico especializado ou pouco usado.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

soçobrar is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for soçobrar, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is soçobrar, spelled S-O-Ç-O-B-R-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    dito de navio que sofre naufrágio
  2. 2
    desanimar, perder as forças

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how soçobrar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Titanic, que era um grande navio, veio a soçobrar durante sua primeira travessia do Atlântico.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "soçobrar"?
"soçobrar" is spelled S-O-Ç-O-B-R-A-R.
What does "soçobrar" mean?
As a verb, "soçobrar" means: dito de navio que sofre naufrágio
What language does "soçobrar" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list