• suterrar (Miranda)
• sosterrar (Cabrales)

From tierra, or possibly a Late Latin subterrō, subterrāre, from Latin sub + terra.

• IPA^(key): /soteˈraɾ/ [so.t̪eˈraɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Western Asturias) /suteˈraɾ/ [su.t̪eˈraɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: so‧te‧rrar

soterrar

1. to bury

• soterramientu

• tierra

• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “soterrar”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
• “soterrar”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

From terra, or possibly a Late Latin subterrō, subterrāre,^[1] from Latin sub + terra. Compare also Occitan sosterrar.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [su.təˈra]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [so.təˈra]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [so.teˈraɾ]

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soterrar (first-person singular present soterro, first-person singular preterite soterrí, past participle soterrat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to bury (especially a dead body)

   Synonym: enterrar

   Antonym: desenterrar

• soterrament

• “soterrar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “soterrar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “soterrar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Galician-Portuguese soterrar, from terra or possibly a Late Latin subterrō, subterrāre, from Latin sub + terra.

• IPA^(key): /soteˈraɾ/

soterrar (first-person singular present soterro, first-person singular preterite soterrei, past participle soterrado)

1. (transitive, literary) to bury; to inter

   Synonyms: aterrar, enterrar

   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana. Introducción e texto, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 408:

     en este comedio poderemos soterrar et queymar aqueles que jazẽ mortos ẽno cãpo

     during this interlude we can bury and burn the ones who lie dead on the field

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “soterrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “soterrar”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “soterrar”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “soterrar”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “soterrar”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “soterrar”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “soterrar”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From so- (“under”) +‎ terra (“earth”) +‎ -ar or possibly from Late Latin subterrāre, from Latin sub- + terra.

• Hyphenation: so‧ter‧rar

soterrar (first-person singular present soterro, first-person singular preterite soterrei, past participle soterrado)

1. (transitive) to bury, to cover in dirt, snow or rubble

• “soterrar”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “soterrar”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

From tierra, or possibly a Late Latin subterrō, subterrāre, from Latin sub + terra. By surface analysis, so- +‎ terrar.

• IPA^(key): /soteˈraɾ/ [so.t̪eˈraɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: so‧te‧rrar

soterrar (first-person singular present sotierro or soterro, first-person singular preterite soterré, past participle soterrado)

1. (transitive) to bury underground, inter

   Synonym: enterrar

   Antonym: desenterrar

• “soterrar”, 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

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