# soberano
## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from a Vulgar Latin root *superānus, from Latin super.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sobeˈɾano/ [s̺o.β̞eˈɾa.nʊ]
* Rhymes: -ano
* Hyphenation: so‧be‧ra‧no

### Adjective

soberano (feminine soberana, masculine plural soberanos, feminine plural soberanas)
* sovereign (exercising supreme authority)
* independent
    Synonym: independente
* (figuratively) very large

### Noun

soberano m (plural soberanos, feminine soberana, feminine plural soberanas)
* sovereign, monarch

### Related terms

* soberana
* soberanía

### Further reading

* “soberano”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Portuguese
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from a Vulgar Latin root *superānus, from Latin super. Compare French souverain, Italian sovrano, soprano, Spanish soberano. Doublet of soprano, from Italian.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /so.beˈɾɐ̃.nu/
* (Brazil) IPA: /so.beˈɾɐ̃.nu/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /so.beˈɾɐ.no/
* (Portugal) IPA: /su.bɨˈɾɐ.nu/ [su.βɨˈɾɐ.nu]
* (Portugal) IPA: /su.bɨˈɾɐ.nu/ [su.βɨˈɾɐ.nu]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /su.bɨˈɾa.nu/ [su.βɨˈɾa.nu]
* Hyphenation: so‧be‧ra‧no

### Adjective

soberano (feminine soberana, masculine plural soberanos, feminine plural soberanas)
* sovereign (exercising power to reign); regal, royal
    Synonym: poderoso
* sovereign (having supreme, ultimate power)
    Synonym: supremo
* (figurative) sovereign (exceptional in quality)
    Synonyms: excelente, excelso, maravilhoso, ótimo

### Noun

soberano m (plural soberanos, feminine soberana, feminine plural soberanas)
* monarch; sovereign (the ruler of a country)
    Synonyms: ditador, monarca, rei

#### Derived terms

* soberanamente
* soberania
* soberanizado
* soberanizar

#### Related terms

* sobre
* suserano

### Further reading

* “soberano”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “soberano”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “soberano” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “soberano”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “soberano”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “soberano”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin root *superānus or *superiānus, from Latin super. Compare French souverain, Italian sovrano, soprano, Portuguese soberano, Catalan sobirà. Doublet of soprano, from Italian.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sobeˈɾano/ [so.β̞eˈɾa.no]
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* Rhymes: -ano
* Syllabification: so‧be‧ra‧no

### Adjective

soberano (feminine soberana, masculine plural soberanos, feminine plural soberanas)
* sovereign
* (informal) royal, real (major, significant; an intensifier)
** 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 11:A la noche siguiente sorprendieron al animal y le propinaron una soberana paliza.The following night, they surprised the animal and dealt it a royal thrashing.

#### Derived terms

* deuda soberana

### Noun

soberano m (plural soberanos, feminine soberana, feminine plural soberanas)
* sovereign
    Synonym: monarca

#### Related terms

* sobre

### Further reading

* “soberano”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish soberano, ultimately from Latin super. Doublet of soprano.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /sobeˈɾano/ [so.bɛˈɾaː.n̪o]
* Rhymes: -ano
* Syllabification: so‧be‧ra‧no

### Noun

soberano (feminine soberana, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊᜒᜇᜈᜓ)
* sovereign
    Synonyms: monarka, (neologism) higpuno

#### Related terms

* Soberano
* soberanya

#### See also

* hari

### Adjective

soberano (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊᜒᜇᜈᜓ)
* sovereign

### Further reading

* “soberano”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018