sobrescribir
Spanish, verb/sobɾeskɾiˈbiɾ/
sobrescribir is spelled S-O-B-R-E-S-C-R-I-B-I-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish, the 213,186th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobrescribir is a Spanish verb meaning “to overwrite” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Escribir encima de algo (generalmente algo escrito previamente), o poner un letrero encima”.
What does sobrescribir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to overwrite
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Escribir encima de algo (generalmente algo escrito previamente), o poner un letrero encima. 2. Añadir o colocar el sobrescrito (texto en la parte superior de un sobre o de un pliego para indicar el destinatario, la dirección de quien lo envía, etc.) 3. Almacenar o grabar datos o archivos encima de otros, reemplazándolos o haciendo imposible recuperarlos.
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 sobrescribir
- sobrescribo first-person present singular
- sobrescribí first-person preterite singular
- sobrescrito participle past
- sobrescripto Argentina Uruguay participle
- sobrescribiendo gerund
- sobrescrita feminine participle past
- sobrescripta Argentina Uruguay feminine
- sobrescritos masculine participle past
- sobrescriptos Argentina Uruguay masculine
- sobrescritas feminine participle past
- sobrescriptas Argentina Uruguay feminine
- sobrescribes indicative informal present
- sobrescribís indicative informal present
- sobrescribe indicative present singular
- sobrescribimos first-person indicative plural
- sobrescriben indicative plural present
- sobrescribía first-person imperfect indicative
- sobrescribías imperfect indicative second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobrescribir?
- /sobɾeskɾiˈbiɾ/
- [so.β̞ɾes.kɾiˈβ̞iɾ]
- [soβ̞ɾeskɾiˈβ̞iɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sobrescribir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sobrescribir in Spanish?
sobrescribir appears about once in every 35 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).