sobrevalorar
Spanish, verb/sobɾebaloˈɾaɾ/
sobrevalorar is spelled S-O-B-R-E-V-A-L-O-R-A-R (12 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish, the 119,889th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sobrevalorar is a Spanish verb meaning “to overrate, overvalue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dar o atribuir a algo o alguien mayor valor o aprecio de lo justo; valorarlo más de lo que se debería o…”.
What does sobrevalorar mean in English?
verb
- 1
to overrate, overvalue
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dar o atribuir a algo o alguien mayor valor o aprecio de lo justo; valorarlo más de lo que se debería o podría; considerarlo de valor superior al que tiene o cree tener.
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 sobrevalorar
- sobrevaloro first-person present singular
- sobrevaloré first-person preterite singular
- sobrevalorado participle past
- sobrevalorando gerund
- sobrevalorada feminine participle past
- sobrevalorados masculine participle past
- sobrevaloradas feminine participle past
- sobrevaloras indicative informal present
- sobrevalorás indicative informal present
- sobrevalora indicative present singular
- sobrevaloramos first-person indicative plural
- sobrevaloráis indicative plural present
- sobrevaloran indicative plural present
- sobrevaloraba first-person imperfect indicative
- sobrevalorabas imperfect indicative second-person
- sobrevalorábamos first-person imperfect indicative
- sobrevalorabais imperfect indicative plural
- sobrevaloraban imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sobrevalorar?
- /sobɾebaloˈɾaɾ/
- [so.β̞ɾe.β̞a.loˈɾaɾ]
- [soβ̞ɾeβ̞aloˈɾaɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sobrevalorar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sobrevalorar in Spanish?
sobrevalorar appears about once in every 10 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).