sobar

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown.[1] Cognate with Portuguese sovar and Spanish sobar. Maybe related with "sopire".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [soˈβaɾ]

Verb

sobar (first-person singular present sobo, first-person singular preterite sobei, past participle sobado)

  1. to press; to knead
    Synonym: premer
  2. to fall sleep; to be sleepy
  3. to rub; to touch; to grope
  4. (figurative) to beat up
    • 1877, O Tio Marcos da Portela, 39, p. 155:
      O outro día pola mañá cedo, o rapaz achegouse onda min qu'inda estaba no leito, e dixome: «meu pai; voulle collendo unha xenreira ós que viven na ciudá, que si pillo a un solo nun carreiro, sobolle as costelas canto pódea»
      The other day, early in the morning, my child came to me, I was still in bed, and told me: «my father; I'm growing such a grudge against the ones living in the city that if I find one alone at a road, I'll knead his ribs as much as I can»
  5. to incite, stir up
    Synonyms: apurrar, encirrar, retar

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References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “sobar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Romanian

Etymology

From sobă +‎ -ar.

Noun

sobar m (plural sobari)

  1. stovemaker

Declension

Declension of sobar
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative sobar sobarul sobari sobarii
genitive-dative sobar sobarului sobari sobarilor
vocative sobarule sobarilor

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sȍbār m anim (Cyrillic spelling со̏ба̄р)

  1. valet (hotel employee)

Declension

Declension of sobar
singular plural
nominative sobar sobari
genitive sobara sobara
dative sobaru sobarima
accusative sobara sobare
vocative sobaru sobari
locative sobaru sobarima
instrumental sobarom sobarima

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /soˈbaɾ/ [soˈβ̞aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: so‧bar

Verb

sobar (first-person singular present sobo, first-person singular preterite sobé, past participle sobado)

  1. to knead
    Synonyms: amasar, heñir
  2. to hit or strike punishingly
  3. to fondle; feel up; grope
  4. (colloquial) to snooze; sleep
  5. (Mexico) to massage (someone's body or a part of a body)

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