sobrescrito
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /so.bɾesˈkɾi.tu/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /so.bɾeʃˈkɾi.tu/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /so.bɾesˈkɾi.to/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /su.bɾɨʃˈkɾi.tu/ [su.βɾɨʃˈkɾi.tu]
- Hyphenation: so‧bres‧cri‧to
Noun
sobrescrito m (plural sobrescritos)
- superscript (text appearing above the normal line of type)
- name and address written on an envelope
- (by extension) envelope (wrapper for mailing)
- Synonym: envelope
Further reading
- “sobrescrito”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “sobrescrito”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Alternative forms
- sobrescripto (archaic)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sobɾesˈkɾito/ [so.β̞ɾesˈkɾi.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ito
- Syllabification: so‧bres‧cri‧to
Participle
sobrescrito (feminine sobrescrita, masculine plural sobrescritos, feminine plural sobrescritas)
- past participle of sobrescribir
Further reading
- “sobrescrito”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025