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sobresaltado

Spanish, verb/sobɾesalˈtado/

sobresaltado is spelled S-O-B-R-E-S-A-L-T-A-D-O (12 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 81,768th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobresaltado is a Spanish verb meaning “past participle of sobresaltar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Participio de sobresaltar”.

What does sobresaltado mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    past participle of sobresaltar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Participio de sobresaltar.

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 sobresaltado

  • sobresaltada feminine
  • sobresaltados masculine plural
  • sobresaltadas feminine plural

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

How do you pronounce sobresaltado?

  • /sobɾesalˈtado/
  • [so.β̞ɾe.sal̪ˈt̪a.ð̞o]
  • [soβ̞ɾesal̪ˈt̪að̞o]

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

English words that translate to sobresaltado

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is sobresaltado in Spanish?

sobresaltado appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.

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

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