EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
very; excessive; leftover...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/SOB-ra/
FIL: Higit sa karaniwan, sapat, o kinakailangang dami, antas, o tindi. Ginagamit din bilang pang-uri na nangangahulugang labis o natira.
EN: very; excessive; leftover
The magic word that turns a compliment into a critique ('Sobra kang payat!') or an expression of intense emotion ('Sobra akong masaya!'). It's also the reason you have three containers of adobo in the fridge from last night's party. It's the Pinoy unit of measurement for 'too much'.
From Spanish 'sobrar' (to be left over, to exceed).
Can function as an adverb meaning 'very' or 'too' (sobrang init), an adjective for 'excessive' (sobra ang pagkain), or a noun for 'leftovers' (May sobra ba?).
🇵🇭 Sobra ang init ngayon!
🇺🇸 It's very hot today!
🇵🇭 May sobra pa bang kanin?
🇺🇸 Is there any leftover rice?
🇵🇭 Huwag kang maglagay ng sobrang asin.
🇺🇸 Don't put too much salt.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.