sobejar
Portuguese
Etymology
From sobejo (“overabundant”) + -ar.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /so.beˈʒa(ʁ)/ [so.beˈʒa(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /so.beˈʒa(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /so.beˈʒa(ʁ)/ [so.beˈʒa(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /so.beˈʒa(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.bɨˈʒaɾ/ [su.βɨˈʒaɾ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /su.bɨˈʒa.ɾi/ [su.βɨˈʒa.ɾi]
Verb
sobejar (first-person singular present sobejo, first-person singular preterite sobejei, past participle sobejado)
- (intransitive or transitive, impersonal) to have too much/many of; to have more than enough of [with de or (informal) direct object ‘something’]
- Synonym: sobrar
- Sobejou de comida.
- There was more than enough food.
- (intransitive or pronominal) to be overabundant; to be more than enough
- Synonym: sobrar
- A comida sobejou.
- Food was overabundant.
- (intransitive or pronominal) to remain, to be left over
Conjugation
Conjugation of sobejar (See Appendix:Portuguese verbs)
1Brazilian Portuguese.
2European Portuguese.
Derived terms
- sobejante
Further reading
- “sobejar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025