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sobre

Pronunciation: [ˈsu.βɾə]

“sobre” is a Catalan word. Its 5 meanings in English:

preposition

  1. on, on top of
  2. over, above
  3. about (a subject)

noun

  1. top, upper part of an object
  2. envelope

In Catalan

  1. Nexe que indica superioritat física.
  2. Nexe que indica relació.
  3. Objecte per contenir una carta o targeta.
  4. Part superior d'una cosa.

Etymology

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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