soterrar

From tierra, or possibly a Late Latin subterrō, subterrāre, from Latin sub + terra.

soterrar

1. to bury

• tierra

From terra, or possibly a Late Latin subterrō, subterrāre,^[1] from Latin sub + terra. Compare also Occitan sosterrar.

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

soterrar (first-person singular present soterro, first-person singular preterite soterrí, past participle soterrat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to bury (especially a dead body)

   Synonym: enterrar

   Antonym: desenterrar

• soterrament

• “soterrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “soterrar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “soterrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Galician-Portuguese soterrar, from terra or possibly a Late Latin subterrō, subterrāre, from Latin sub + terra.

• IPA^(key): /soteˈraɾ/

soterrar (first-person singular present soterro, first-person singular preterite soterrei, past participle soterrado)

1. (transitive, literary) to bury; to inter

   Synonyms: aterrar, enterrar

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 408:

     en este comedio poderemos soterrar et queymar aqueles que jazẽ mortos ẽno cãpo

     during this interlude we can bury and burn the ones who lie dead on the field

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “soterrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “soterr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “soterrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “soterrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “soterrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “soterrar” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “soterrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From so- (“under”) +‎ terra (“earth”) +‎ -ar or possibly from Late Latin subterrāre, from Latin sub- + terra.

• Hyphenation: so‧ter‧rar

soterrar (first-person singular present soterro, first-person singular preterite soterrei, past participle soterrado)

1. (transitive) to bury, to cover in dirt, snow or rubble

From tierra, or possibly a Late Latin subterrō, subterrāre, from Latin sub + terra.

• IPA^(key): /soteˈraɾ/
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: so‧te‧rrar

soterrar (first-person singular present sotierro or soterro, first-person singular preterite soterré, past participle soterrado)

1. (transitive) to bury underground, inter

   Synonym: enterrar

   Antonym: desenterrar

• “soterrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014