sobreentender
Spanish, verb/sobɾeentenˈdeɾ/
sobreentender is a Spanish verb meaning “to understand (something not implicitly stated)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Asumir o entender algo que, aunque no está expresado explícitamente, se puede suponer de manera lógica por el…”.
What does sobreentender mean in English?
verb
- 1
to understand (something not implicitly stated)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Asumir o entender algo que, aunque no está expresado explícitamente, se puede suponer de manera lógica por el contexto.
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 sobreentender
- sobreentiendo first-person present singular
- sobreentendí first-person preterite singular
- sobreentendido participle past
- e-ie alternation
- sobreentendiendo gerund
- sobreentendida feminine participle past
- sobreentendidos masculine participle past
- sobreentendidas feminine participle past
- sobreentiendes indicative informal present
- sobreentendés indicative informal present
- sobreentiende indicative present singular
- sobreentendemos first-person indicative plural
- sobreentendéis indicative plural present
- sobreentienden indicative plural present
- sobreentendía first-person imperfect indicative
- sobreentendías imperfect indicative second-person
- sobreentendíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- sobreentendíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobreentender?
- /sobɾeentenˈdeɾ/
- [so.β̞ɾe.ẽn̪.t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
- [soβ̞ɾeẽn̪t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪eɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sobreentender in Spanish?
sobreentender appears about once in every 68 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).