sobrecalificado
Spanish, adjective/sobɾekalifiˈkado/
sobrecalificado is spelled S-O-B-R-E-C-A-L-I-F-I-C-A-D-O (15 letters) and appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish, the 169,030th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobrecalificado is a Spanish adjective meaning “overqualified” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dicho de una persona: que los conocimientos que homologó son excesivos para lo que exige un determinado…”.
What does sobrecalificado mean in English?
adjective
- 1
overqualified
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Dicho de una persona: que los conocimientos que homologó son excesivos para lo que exige un determinado oficio.
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 sobrecalificado
- sobrecalificada feminine
- sobrecalificados masculine plural
- sobrecalificadas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobrecalificado?
- /sobɾekalifiˈkado/
- [so.β̞ɾe.ka.li.fiˈka.ð̞o]
- [soβ̞ɾekalifiˈkað̞o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sobrecalificado in Spanish?
sobrecalificado appears about once in every 21 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).