sobresaliente
Spanish, adjective/sobɾesaˈljente/
sobresaliente is spelled S-O-B-R-E-S-A-L-I-E-N-T-E (13 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,797th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobresaliente is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “outstanding” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que sobresale, que está fuera de lo corriente”.
What does sobresaliente mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineoutstanding
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Que sobresale, que está fuera de lo corriente. 2. Nota escolar que está entre el notable y la matrícula de honor. Suele equivaler a un 9 sobre 10.
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 sobresaliente
- sobresalientes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobresaliente?
- /sobɾesaˈljente/
- [so.β̞ɾe.saˈljẽn̪.t̪e]
- [soβ̞ɾesaˈljẽn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sobresaliente
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sobresaliente in Spanish?
sobresaliente appears 3.4 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).