sobrellevar

Spanish

Etymology

From a combination of Latin super and levāre, or from superelevāre, from elevāre, or from Spanish sobre- +‎ llevar.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): /sobɾeʝeˈbaɾ/ [so.β̞ɾe.ʝeˈβ̞aɾ] (most of Spain and Latin America)
  • IPA(key): /sobɾeʎeˈbaɾ/ [so.β̞ɾe.ʎeˈβ̞aɾ] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
  • IPA(key): /sobɾeʃeˈbaɾ/ [so.β̞ɾe.ʃeˈβ̞aɾ] (Buenos Aires and environs)
  • IPA(key): /sobɾeʒeˈbaɾ/ [so.β̞ɾe.ʒeˈβ̞aɾ] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

  • Rhymes: -aɾ
  • Syllabification: so‧bre‧lle‧var

Verb

sobrellevar (first-person singular present sobrellevo, first-person singular preterite sobrellevé, past participle sobrellevado)

  1. (transitive) to cope with, to endure, to bear; to put up with

Conjugation

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