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sobre

Spanish, preposition

sobre is spelled S-O-B-R-E (5 letters) and appears 1,549 times per million words in written Spanish, the 50th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobre is a Spanish preposition meaning “over, above, on, upon, atop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of sobrar. With an accent, sobré is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative of sobrar”. The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “En la parte superior de algo”.

What does sobre mean in English?

preposition

  1. 1

    over, above, on, upon, atop

    La pluma de mi tía está sobre la mesa.

  2. 2

    about

    Dime algo sobre ti.

noun

  1. 1

    masculineenvelope

  2. 2

    masculinesmall packet; sachet

  3. 3

    colloquialmasculinebed

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

prefix

as sobre-
  1. 1

    over-

verb

as sobré
  1. 1

    first-person singular preterite indicative of sobrar

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

preposition: 1. En la parte superior de algo. 2. Por encima de. 3. En torno a algo. 4. Agregado o añadido.

noun: 1. Envoltorio de una carta de correo. 2. Cama (mueble en el que se duerme). 3. Empaque plano, pequeño y sellado, generalmente hecho de plástico, papel o alguna película metalizada, diseñado para contener productos alimenticios, farmacéuticos o de otro tipo en porciones individuales o múltiples.

prefix: 1. Elemento compositivo que indica "por encima de, adición, exceso, repetición o intensificación". 2. Indica una acción repentina. 3. Después de, luego de.

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 sobre

  • sobres plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to sobre

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is sobre in Spanish?

sobre appears 1,549 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).

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