sobreseer
Spanish, verb/sobɾeseˈeɾ/
sobreseer is spelled S-O-B-R-E-S-E-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish, the 155,407th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobreseer is a Spanish verb meaning “to stay, to prolong” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Desistir de la pretensión o empeño que se tenía”.
What does sobreseer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stay, to prolong
- 2
to dismiss a case or motion
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Desistir de la pretensión o empeño que se tenía. 2. Cesar en el cumplimiento de una obligación. 3. Cesar en una instrucción sumarial; y por extensión, dejar sin curso ulterior un procedimiento.
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 sobreseer
- sobreseo first-person present singular
- sobreseí first-person preterite singular
- sobreseído participle past
- sobreseyendo gerund
- sobreseída feminine participle past
- sobreseídos masculine participle past
- sobreseídas feminine participle past
- sobresees indicative informal present
- sobreseés indicative informal present
- sobresee indicative present singular
- sobreseemos first-person indicative plural
- sobreseéis indicative plural present
- sobreseen indicative plural present
- sobreseía first-person imperfect indicative
- sobreseías imperfect indicative second-person
- sobreseíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- sobreseíais imperfect indicative plural
- sobreseían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobreseer?
- /sobɾeseˈeɾ/
- [so.β̞ɾe.seˈeɾ]
- [soβ̞ɾeseˈeɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sobreseer in Spanish?
sobreseer appears about once in every 18 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).