sobejo

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Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Uncertain. Probably from Old Spanish sobejo, from Vulgar Latin *superculum.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

sobejo m (plural sobejos, feminine sobeja, feminine plural sobejas)

  1. abundant, plentiful, excessive

Adverb

sobejo

  1. excessively

Descendants

  • Galician: sobexo
  • Portuguese: sobejo

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983) “sobre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 278

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sobejo, probably from Old Spanish sobejo, from Vulgar Latin *superculum.[1]

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: so‧be‧jo

Adjective

sobejo (feminine sobeja, masculine plural sobejos, feminine plural sobejas, comparable, comparative mais sobejo, superlative o mais sobejo or sobejíssimo)

  1. remaining, leftover
  2. excessive
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sobejo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sobejar

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A Pascual (1983) “sobre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 278

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *superculum.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soˈbexo/
  • Rhymes: -exo
  • Syllabification: so‧be‧jo

Adjective

sobejo (feminine sobeja, masculine plural sobejos, feminine plural sobejas)

  1. (obsolete) remaining, leftover

Further reading