soçobrar

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish zozobrar or Old Spanish sozobrar, from Old Catalan sotsobrar, from sotsobre < sots + sobre, or from a Vulgar Latin *subsuperāre (turn upside down), from sub (under) + super (over).[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: so‧ço‧brar

Verb

soçobrar (first-person singular present soçobro, first-person singular preterite soçobrei, past participle soçobrado)

  1. (nautical) to capsize, keel over

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Middle French: soussoubrer, soussombrer

References

  1. ^ soçobrar”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ soçobrar”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 20082024

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