sobre
sobre
masculine noun
1. envelope (para cartas)
2. sachet, packet (para alimentos, medicamentos)
4. sack (informal) (cama)
- irse al sobre -> to hit the sack
1. on (top of) (encima de)
- fui apilando las tejas una sobre otra -> I piled the tiles up one on top of the other
- el libro está sobre la mesa -> the book is on (top of) the table
- varios policías saltaron sobre él -> several policemen fell upon him
- una cruz roja sobre fondo blanco -> a red cross on o against a white background
2. over, above (por encima de)
- el pato vuela sobre el lago -> the duck is flying over the lake
- a 3.000 metros sobre el nivel del mar -> 3,000 meters above sea level
3. about, on (acerca de)
- un libro sobre el amor -> a book about o on love
- una conferencia sobre el desarme -> a conference on disarmament
4. about (aproximadamente)
- llegarán sobre las diez -> they'll arrive at about ten o'clock
5. (superioridad)
- su opinión está sobre las de los demás -> his opinion is more important than that of the others
- tiene muchas ventajas sobre el antiguo modelo -> it has a lot of advantages over the old model
6. upon (acumulación)
- nos contó mentira sobre mentira -> he told us lie upon lie o one lie after another
7. upon (cerca de)
- la desgracia estaba ya sobre nosotros -> the disaster was already upon us
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sobre [so’-bray]
preposition
1. Above (encima de), over (cantidad).
verb
2. ENCIMA.
3. Super, over: used in composition, as sobrecargar, to overchange or overload.
- Tiene mucha ventaja sobre todos los demás -> he possesses great advantages over the rest
4. Moreover, besides.
5. A little more; a few more.
6. Above, higher; with power or superiority.
7. Off. (Nautical)
8. To, towards, near.
9. On, upon.
10. After, since.
11. Before or around.
- Está sobre la mesa -> it's on the table
- Estar sobre uno -> to keep on at somebody
- Un préstamo sobre una propiedad -> a loan on a property
noun
1. Envelope of a letter. (m)
2. Address, superscription. (m)
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