What's the deal with "sobretodo"?
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When I look up "sobretodo" in the dictionary, it just lists "overcoat". But I see it in use as practically everything but overcoat. "over-all", "most of all", "above all", especially, particularly, etc.
Even the official Spanish dictionary shows that it just means overcoat. http://dle.rae.es/?id=YAdNkiH
Anybody know about it?
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updated Mar 9, 2017
edited by BobMuir
posted by BobMuir
2 Answers
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This is just my uneducated guess, but I think it may boil down to a spelling error; leave out the space and "sobre todo" becomes "sobretodo." Pretty soon "sobretodo" acquires all those meanings you mentioned.
updated Mar 9, 2017
posted by AnnRon
Thanks AnnRon. After more snooping, it looks like you're right. If you look up sobretodo in SpanishDict.com examples, it gives a plethora of "sobre todo" sentences with the words joined. So it looks like a very common practice. - BobMuir, Mar 9, 2017
Not so uneducated, that guess. - jtaniel, Mar 9, 2017
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Yes AnnRon is right, "Sobretodo" as one word means an overcoat however "Sobre todo" as two words means Above all/ Above everything
updated Mar 9, 2017
posted by Cameron2407
Welcome to SpanishDict. - rac1, Mar 9, 2017
