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sobrecosto

Spanish, noun/sobɾeˈkosto/

sobrecosto is spelled S-O-B-R-E-C-O-S-T-O (10 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 129,473rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobrecosto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “cost overrun” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does sobrecosto mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecost overrun

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

Forms of sobrecosto

  • sobrecostos plural

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

How do you pronounce sobrecosto?

  • /sobɾeˈkosto/
  • [so.β̞ɾeˈkos.t̪o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is sobrecosto in Spanish?

sobrecosto appears about once in every 12 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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