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sobresaltar

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Portuguese

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Verb

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sobresaltar (first-person singular present sobresalto, first-person singular preterite sobresaltei, past participle sobresaltado)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of sobressaltar.
    • 1938, Graciliano Ramos, “Contas [Accounts]”, in Vidas Seccas [Barren Lives]‎[1], Rio de Janeiro: Livraria José Olympio Editora, page 146:
      [] sempre que os homens sabidos lhe diziam palavras difficeis, elle sahia logrado. Sobresaltava-se escutando-as.
      [] whenever the learned men spoke complex words to him, he would end up exploited. He got startled when he heard them.

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Etymology

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From sobre- +‎ saltar. Cognate with English somersault.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sobɾesalˈtaɾ/ [so.β̞ɾe.sal̪ˈt̪aɾ]
  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: so‧bre‧sal‧tar

Verb

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sobresaltar (first-person singular present sobresalto, first-person singular preterite sobresalté, past participle sobresaltado)

  1. to spook, flinch, startle, shock
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:asustar
  2. (reflexive) to jump

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