superar

Borrowed from Latin superāre. Doublet of the inherited sobrar.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [su.pəˈɾa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [su.peˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

superar (first-person singular present supero, first-person singular preterite superí, past participle superat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

1. to surpass; exceed
2. to overcome; get past

• sobrar
• súper

Learned borrowing from Latin superāre. Doublet of the inherited sobrar.

• Hyphenation: su‧pe‧rar

superar (first-person singular present supero, first-person singular preterite superei, past participle superado)

1. to exceed
2. to overcome

• sobrar
• super

Borrowed from Latin superāre. Doublet of the inherited sobrar.

• IPA^(key): /supeˈɾaɾ/ [su.peˈɾaɾ]
• Rhymes: -aɾ
• Syllabification: su‧pe‧rar

superar (first-person singular present supero, first-person singular preterite superé, past participle superado)

1. to surpass, exceed
2. to overcome
3. to beat, to outdo
4. to overtake, pass
5. to get over

   Supéralo, hombre. ― Get over it, man.

6. (reciprocal) to outdo each other, to one-up each other
7. (reflexive) to outdo oneself
8. (reflexive) to be overcome
9. (reflexive) to be exceeded, to be surmounted, to be broken (e.g. a record broken)

• “superar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024