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sobreescribir

Spanish, verb/sobɾeeskɾiˈbiɾ/

sobreescribir is a Spanish verb meaning “to overwrite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does sobreescribir mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to overwrite

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

Forms of sobreescribir

  • sobreescribo first-person present singular
  • sobreescribí first-person preterite singular
  • sobreescrito participle past
  • sobreescripto Argentina Uruguay participle
  • sobreescribiendo gerund
  • sobreescrita feminine participle past
  • sobreescripta Argentina Uruguay feminine
  • sobreescritos masculine participle past
  • sobreescriptos Argentina Uruguay masculine
  • sobreescritas feminine participle past
  • sobreescriptas Argentina Uruguay feminine
  • sobreescribes indicative informal present
  • sobreescribís indicative informal present
  • sobreescribe indicative present singular
  • sobreescribimos first-person indicative plural
  • sobreescriben indicative plural present
  • sobreescribía first-person imperfect indicative
  • sobreescribías imperfect indicative second-person

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

How do you pronounce sobreescribir?

  • /sobɾeeskɾiˈbiɾ/
  • [so.β̞ɾe.es.kɾiˈβ̞iɾ]

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

How common is sobreescribir in Spanish?

sobreescribir appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).