# sobra
## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈsɔ.βɾə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈsɔ.bɾə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈsɔ.bɾa]

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from sobrar.

#### Noun

sobra f (plural sobres)
* excess (too much)
* (in the plural) leftovers
    Synonym: sobralles

##### Derived terms

* de sobres

#### Further reading

* “sobra” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “sobra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “sobra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “sobra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

sobra
* inflection of sobrar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Esperanto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsobra/
* Hyphenation: so‧bra
* Rhymes: -obra

### Adjective

sobra (accusative singular sobran, plural sobraj, accusative plural sobrajn)
* sober
    Antonym: ebria

#### Derived terms

* sobrema (“abstemious”)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsɔ.bɾɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsɔ.bɾɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈsɔ.bɾa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsɔ.bɾɐ/ [ˈsɔ.βɾɐ]
* Hyphenation: so‧bra

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from sobrar (“to remain”).

#### Noun

sobra f (plural sobras)
* (often in the plural) leftover; remainder (something that remains)
    Synonyms: resto, sobejo

##### Derived terms

* de sobra

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

sobra
* inflection of sobrar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Sassarese
### Alternative forms

* sobr' (apocopic, found before a vowel sound)

### Adverb

sobra
* Alternative spelling of sobbra

### Preposition

sobra
* Alternative spelling of sobbra
** 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Primabéra [Spring]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Sassarese and Italian), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 13:[…] E l’ombra débiri ancora di li rati nudi sobr’a la terra nuda mi commobiAnd again the feeble shadow of the naked branches 'on the naked earth moves me

### References

* Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsobɾa/ [ˈso.β̞ɾa]
* Rhymes: -obɾa
* Syllabification: so‧bra

### Etymology 1

Deverbal from sobrar.

#### Noun

sobra f (plural sobras)
* surplus, excess, extra
* (in the plural) leftovers, leavings
    Synonyms: migajas, restos
** 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 21:La Calchona es una oveja que ronda por la noche las habitaciones de los campesinos, los cuales, como saben que es gente, le dejan en un lebrillo las sobras de la comida.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* rubbish, trash
    Synonym: basura

##### Derived terms

* de sobra

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

sobra
* inflection of sobrar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “sobra”, 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

## Swedish
### Adjective

sobra
* inflection of sober:
** definite singular
** plural

## Tagalog
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sobra. Doublet of subla.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈsobɾa/ [ˈsob.ɾɐ]
* Rhymes: -obɾa
* Syllabification: sob‧ra

### Noun

sobra (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊ᜔ᜇ)
* surplus; excess; extra
    Synonyms: labis, higit, sobrante

#### Derived terms

* magkasobra
* magpasobra
* masobrahan
* napakasobra
* pasobrahin
* sobrahan

#### Related terms

* sobrado
* sobrante
* sobre
* sobrekama
* sobrekarga
* sobrenatural
* sobrepaga
* sobrepalda
* sobresalyente

### Adjective

sobra (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊ᜔ᜇ)
* excessive; too much
    Synonyms: labis, labis-labis, masyado, (colloquial) wagas
* excess; surplus
    Synonym: labis

### Adverb

sobra (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜊ᜔ᜇ)
* (colloquial) so; very
    Synonyms: labis, napaka-

### Further reading

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

### Anagrams

* braso