Probably from metathesis of an earlier*rovessar, fromOld Spanishrevessar, fromLate Latinreversāre, fromLatinversāre. ComparePortugueserevessar,Italianrovesciare andRomanianrevărsa. See alsobosar(“to vomit”), from Old Spanishbossar, which was either a derivative of the verb or alternatively from Latinvorsāre,versāre, or*vulsāre.Rebosar may have resulted from the crossing ofrevesar andbosar.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /reboˈsaɾ/[re.β̞oˈsaɾ]
• Rhymes:-aɾ
• Syllabification:re‧bo‧sar
• Homophone:rebozar

rebosar (first-person singular presentreboso,first-person singular preteriterebosé,past participlerebosado)

1. (intransitive, reflexive) tooverflow

   Synonym:desbordar

   una fiesta arebosar de gente

   a partyoverflowing with people

• “rebosar”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

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