soçobrar

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish zozobrar or Old Spanish sozobrar, from Old Catalan sotsobrar, from sotsobre < sots + sobre, or from a Vulgar Latin *subsuperāre (“turn upside down”), from sub (“under”) + super (“over”)[1][2].

Verb

soçobrar (first-person singular present indicative soçobro, past participle soçobrado)

  1. (nautical) To capsize, keel over

Conjugation

Descendants

  • → Middle French: soussoubrer, soussombrer

References

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