sobretasa
Spanish, noun/sobɾeˈtasa/
sobretasa is spelled S-O-B-R-E-T-A-S-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish, the 102,764th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobretasa is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “surcharge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “cantidad que se añade al valor facial de un sello postal, generalmente para obras de beneficiencia”.
What does sobretasa mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesurcharge
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cantidad que se añade al valor facial de un sello postal, generalmente para obras de beneficiencia
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 sobretasa
- sobretasas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobretasa?
- /sobɾeˈtasa/
- [so.β̞ɾeˈt̪a.sa]
- [soβ̞ɾeˈt̪asa]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sobretasa
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sobretasa in Spanish?
sobretasa appears about once in every 7 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).