sobreprotección
Spanish, noun/sobɾepɾoteɡˈθjon/
sobreprotección is spelled S-O-B-R-E-P-R-O-T-E-C-C-I-Ó-N (15 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 101,597th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobreprotección is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “overprotection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Protección excesiva o mayor a la necesaria”.
What does sobreprotección mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoverprotection
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Protección excesiva o mayor a la necesaria.
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 sobreprotección
- sobreprotecciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobreprotección?
- /sobɾepɾoteɡˈθjon/
- [so.β̞ɾe.pɾo.t̪eɣ̞ˈθjõn]
- /sobɾepɾoteɡˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sobreprotección
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sobreprotección in Spanish?
sobreprotección appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).