sobrar

From Latin superāre. Doublet of superar.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /soˈbɾa/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /suˈbɾa/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /soˈbɾaɾ/

sobrar (first-person singular present sobro, past participle sobrat)

1. (transitive) to surpass, to overcome

   Synonyms: superar, sobrepujar

2. (intransitive) to be more than enough
3. (intransitive) to be too much, to be unnecessary, to be in the way
4. (intransitive) to be left over

• sobra
• sobralles
• sobrança
• sobrant

• “sobrar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Old Portuguese sobrar, from Latin superāre. Doublet of superar.

sobrar (first-person singular present sobro, first-person singular preterite sobrei, past participle sobrado)

1. to remain, be left

• sobrar para
• sobrado
• sobrante

• sobre
• superar

• “sobrar” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

From Old Spanish sobrar, inherited from Latin superāre. Doublet of superar, which was borrowed.

• IPA^(key): /soˈbɾaɾ/ [soˈβ̞ɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: so‧brar

sobrar (first-person singular present sobro, first-person singular preterite sobré, past participle sobrado)

1. to be superfluous; to be left over or extra

   Les sobran los libros. ― They have too many books.

   Me sobran diez dólares. ― I have ten dollars left over.

• bastar y sobrar

• → Mecayapan Nahuatl: sobra̱rohua

• “sobrar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014