sobrecalentar
Spanish, verb/sobɾekalenˈtaɾ/
sobrecalentar is spelled S-O-B-R-E-C-A-L-E-N-T-A-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish, the 260,274th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobrecalentar is a Spanish verb meaning “to overheat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Calentar excesivamente algo”.
What does sobrecalentar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to overheat
- 2
to overheat
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Calentar excesivamente algo.
verb: 1. Llegar a calentarse en exceso.^([cita requerida])
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 sobrecalentar
- sobrecaliento first-person present singular
- sobrecalenté first-person preterite singular
- sobrecalentado participle past
- e-ie alternation
- sobrecalentando gerund
- sobrecalentada feminine participle past
- sobrecalentados masculine participle past
- sobrecalentadas feminine participle past
- sobrecalientas indicative informal present
- sobrecalentás indicative informal present
- sobrecalienta indicative present singular
- sobrecalentamos first-person indicative plural
- sobrecalentáis indicative plural present
- sobrecalientan indicative plural present
- sobrecalentaba first-person imperfect indicative
- sobrecalentabas imperfect indicative second-person
- sobrecalentábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- sobrecalentabais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobrecalentar?
- /sobɾekalenˈtaɾ/
- [so.β̞ɾe.ka.lẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
- [soβ̞ɾekalẽn̪ˈt̪aɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sobrecalentar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sobrecalentar in Spanish?
sobrecalentar appears about once in every 55 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).