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sobre.

on, on top of

5 characters2 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

prep[ˈsu.βɾə]Northern[ˈso.bɾə]Balearic[ˈso.βɾə]Central[ˈso.bɾe]Valencia

  1. on, on top of

  2. over, above

  3. about (a subject)

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Catalan sobre, from Latin super (“above”), from *eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“out of”) (Latin ex) and *uperi (“above”), from *upo. Doublet of the borrowed súper.

noun[ˈsu.βɾə]Northern[ˈso.bɾə]Balearic[ˈso.βɾə]Central[ˈso.bɾe]Valencia

  1. top, upper part of an object

    masculine

  2. envelope

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Catalan sobre, from Latin super (“above”), from *eks-uper, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs (“out of”) (Latin ex) and *uperi (“above”), from *upo. Doublet of the borrowed súper.

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