soberbia
Spanish, noun/soˈbeɾbja/
soberbia is spelled S-O-B-E-R-B-I-A (8 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written Spanish, the 12,773rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Soberbia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “haughtiness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of soberbio. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Actitud de superioridad que lleva a presumir de las cualidades o ideas propias y menospreciar las ajenas”.
What does soberbia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininehaughtiness
- 2
femininearrogance
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of soberbio
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Actitud de superioridad que lleva a presumir de las cualidades o ideas propias y menospreciar las ajenas.
adjective: 1. Que se deja llevar por la soberbia¹. 2. Que posee grandes cualidades, o cualidades de difícil parangón.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of soberbia
- soberbias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce soberbia?
- /soˈbeɾbja/
- [soˈβ̞eɾ.β̞ja]
- [soˈβ̞eɾβ̞ja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to soberbia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is soberbia in Spanish?
soberbia appears 4.6 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).