sobreproteger
Spanish, verb/sobɾepɾoteˈxeɾ/
sobreproteger is spelled S-O-B-R-E-P-R-O-T-E-G-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 63 million words in written Spanish, the 277,009th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobreproteger is a Spanish verb meaning “to overprotect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Proteger excesivamente”.
What does sobreproteger mean in English?
verb
- 1
to overprotect
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Proteger excesivamente. 2. Por extensión, exigir excelencia y perfección en todo.^([cita requerida])
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 sobreproteger
- sobreprotejo first-person present singular
- sobreprotegí first-person preterite singular
- sobreprotegido participle past
- g-j alternation
- sobreprotegiendo gerund
- sobreprotegida feminine participle past
- sobreprotegidos masculine participle past
- sobreprotegidas feminine participle past
- sobreproteges indicative informal present
- sobreprotegés indicative informal present
- sobreprotege indicative present singular
- sobreprotegemos first-person indicative plural
- sobreprotegéis indicative plural present
- sobreprotegen indicative plural present
- sobreprotegía first-person imperfect indicative
- sobreprotegías imperfect indicative second-person
- sobreprotegíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- sobreprotegíais imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobreproteger?
- /sobɾepɾoteˈxeɾ/
- [so.β̞ɾe.pɾo.t̪eˈxeɾ]
- [soβ̞ɾepɾot̪eˈxeɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sobreproteger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sobreproteger in Spanish?
sobreproteger appears about once in every 63 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).