sobar

Galician

Alternative forms

• sovar (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Unknown. Cognate with Portuguese sovar and Spanish sobar. Maybe related with "sopire".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [soˈβaɾ]

Verb

sobar (first-person singular present sobo, first-person singular preterite sobei, past participle sobado)

1. to press; to knead

   Synonym: premer

2. to fall sleep; to be sleepy
3. to rub; to touch; to grope
4. (figurative) to beat up
   • 1877, O Tio Marcos da Portela, 39, p. 155:

     O outro día pola mañá cedo, o rapaz achegouse onda min qu'inda estaba no leito, e dixome: «meu pai; voulle collendo unha xenreira ós que viven na ciudá, que si pillo a un solo nun carreiro, sobolle as costelas canto pódea»

     The other day, early in the morning, my child came to me, I was still in bed, and told me: «my father; I'm growing such a grudge against the ones living in the city that if I find one alone at a road, I'll knead his ribs as much as I can»

5. to incite, stir up

   Synonyms: apurrar, encirrar, retar

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sobar

	Singular			Plural
	First-person (eu)	Second-person (ti)	Third-person (el / ela / Vde.)	First-person (nós)	Second-person (vós)	Third-person (eles / elas / Vdes.)
Infinitive
Impersonal	sobar
Personal	sobar	sobares	sobar	sobarmos	sobardes	sobaren
Gerund
	sobando
Past participle
Masculine	sobado			sobados
Feminine	sobada			sobadas
Indicative
Present	sobo	sobas	soba	sobamos	sobades	soban
Imperfect	sobaba	sobabas	sobaba	sobabamos	sobabades	sobaban
Preterite	sobei	sobaches	sobou	sobamos	sobastes	sobaron
Pluperfect	sobara	sobaras	sobara	sobaramos	sobarades	sobaran
Future	sobarei	sobarás	sobará	sobaremos	sobaredes	sobarán
Conditional	sobaría	sobarías	sobaría	sobariamos	sobariades	sobarían
Subjunctive
Present	sobe	sobes	sobe	sobemos	sobedes	soben
Imperfect	sobase	sobases	sobase	sobásemos	sobásedes	sobasen
Future	sobar	sobares	sobar	sobarmos	sobardes	sobaren
Imperative
Affirmative		soba	sobe	sobemos	sobade	soben
Negative (non)		non sobes	non sobe	non sobemos	non sobedes	non soben

Derived terms

• soba

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sobar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sobar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sobar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Romanian

Etymology

From sobă ‎ -ar.

Noun

sobar m (plural sobari)

1. stovemaker

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	sobar	sobarul		sobari	sobarii
genitive-dative	sobar	sobarului		sobari	sobarilor
vocative	sobarule			sobarilor

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

sȍbār m (Cyrillic spelling со̏ба̄р)

1. valet (hotel employee)

Declension

Declension of sobar

	singular	plural
nominative	sobar	sobari
genitive	sobara	sobara
dative	sobaru	sobarima
accusative	sobara	sobare
vocative	sobaru	sobari
locative	sobaru	sobarima
instrumental	sobarom	sobarima

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /soˈbaɾ/ [soˈβ̞aɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: so‧bar

Verb

sobar (first-person singular present sobo, first-person singular preterite sobé, past participle sobado)

1. to knead

   Synonyms: amasar, heñir

2. to hit or strike punishingly
3. to fondle; feel up; grope
4. (colloquial) to snooze; sleep
5. (Mexico) to massage (someone's body or a part of a body)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of sobar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			sobar
gerund			sobando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sobado		sobada
		plural		sobados		sobadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sobo	sobastú sobásvos	soba	sobamos	sobáis	soban
	imperfect	sobaba	sobabas	sobaba	sobábamos	sobabais	sobaban
	preterite	sobé	sobaste	sobó	sobamos	sobasteis	sobaron
	future	sobaré	sobarás	sobará	sobaremos	sobaréis	sobarán
	conditional	sobaría	sobarías	sobaría	sobaríamos	sobaríais	sobarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sobe	sobestú sobésvos2	sobe	sobemos	sobéis	soben
	imperfect (ra)	sobara	sobaras	sobara	sobáramos	sobarais	sobaran
	imperfect (se)	sobase	sobases	sobase	sobásemos	sobaseis	sobasen
	future1	sobare	sobares	sobare	sobáremos	sobareis	sobaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sobatú sobávos	sobe	sobemos	sobad	soben
	negative		no sobes	no sobe	no sobemos	no sobéis	no soben

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of sobar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive sobar
	dative	sobarme	sobarte	sobarle, sobarse	sobarnos	sobaros	sobarles, sobarse
	accusative	sobarme	sobarte	sobarlo, sobarla, sobarse	sobarnos	sobaros	sobarlos, sobarlas, sobarse
with gerund sobando
	dative	sobándome	sobándote	sobándole, sobándose	sobándonos	sobándoos	sobándoles, sobándose
	accusative	sobándome	sobándote	sobándolo, sobándola, sobándose	sobándonos	sobándoos	sobándolos, sobándolas, sobándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative soba
	dative	sóbame	sóbate	sóbale	sóbanos	not used	sóbales
	accusative	sóbame	sóbate	sóbalo, sóbala	sóbanos	not used	sóbalos, sóbalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sobá
	dative	sobame	sobate	sobale	sobanos	not used	sobales
	accusative	sobame	sobate	sobalo, sobala	sobanos	not used	sobalos, sobalas
with formal second-person singular imperative sobe
	dative	sóbeme	not used	sóbele, sóbese	sóbenos	not used	sóbeles
	accusative	sóbeme	not used	sóbelo, sóbela, sóbese	sóbenos	not used	sóbelos, sóbelas
with first-person plural imperative sobemos
	dative	not used	sobémoste	sobémosle	sobémonos	sobémoos	sobémosles
	accusative	not used	sobémoste	sobémoslo, sobémosla	sobémonos	sobémoos	sobémoslos, sobémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sobad
	dative	sobadme	not used	sobadle	sobadnos	sobaos	sobadles
	accusative	sobadme	not used	sobadlo, sobadla	sobadnos	sobaos	sobadlos, sobadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative soben
	dative	sóbenme	not used	sóbenle	sóbennos	not used	sóbenles, sóbense
	accusative	sóbenme	not used	sóbenlo, sóbenla	sóbennos	not used	sóbenlos, sóbenlas, sóbense

Derived terms

• sobador

 

Further reading

• “sobar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28