sobrenombre
Spanish, noun/sobɾeˈnombɾe/
sobrenombre is spelled S-O-B-R-E-N-O-M-B-R-E (11 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish, the 22,282nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobrenombre is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “nickname, sobriquet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Nombre dado a una persona, generalmente ganado por algún hecho a lo largo de su vida, independientemente de…”.
What does sobrenombre mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenickname, sobriquet
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nombre dado a una persona, generalmente ganado por algún hecho a lo largo de su vida, independientemente de su nombre de pila o familiar.
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 sobrenombre
- sobrenombres plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobrenombre?
- /sobɾeˈnombɾe/
- [so.β̞ɾeˈnõm.bɾe]
- [soβ̞ɾeˈnõmbɾe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sobrenombre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sobrenombre in Spanish?
sobrenombre appears 2.0 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).