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]

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

• 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

    Conjugation of sobrellevar (See Appendix:Spanish verbs)

infinitive			sobrellevar
gerund			sobrellevando
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		sobrellevado		sobrellevada
		plural		sobrellevados		sobrellevadas
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sobrellevo	sobrellevastú sobrellevásvos	sobrelleva	sobrellevamos	sobrelleváis	sobrellevan
	imperfect	sobrellevaba	sobrellevabas	sobrellevaba	sobrellevábamos	sobrellevabais	sobrellevaban
	preterite	sobrellevé	sobrellevaste	sobrellevó	sobrellevamos	sobrellevasteis	sobrellevaron
	future	sobrellevaré	sobrellevarás	sobrellevará	sobrellevaremos	sobrellevaréis	sobrellevarán
	conditional	sobrellevaría	sobrellevarías	sobrellevaría	sobrellevaríamos	sobrellevaríais	sobrellevarían
subjunctive		yo	tú vos	él/ella/ello usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ellos/ellas ustedes
	present	sobrelleve	sobrellevestú sobrellevésvos2	sobrelleve	sobrellevemos	sobrellevéis	sobrelleven
	imperfect (ra)	sobrellevara	sobrellevaras	sobrellevara	sobrelleváramos	sobrellevarais	sobrellevaran
	imperfect (se)	sobrellevase	sobrellevases	sobrellevase	sobrellevásemos	sobrellevaseis	sobrellevasen
	future1	sobrellevare	sobrellevares	sobrellevare	sobrelleváremos	sobrellevareis	sobrellevaren
imperative		—	tú vos	usted	nosotros nosotras	vosotros vosotras	ustedes
	affirmative		sobrellevatú sobrellevávos	sobrelleve	sobrellevemos	sobrellevad	sobrelleven
	negative		no sobrelleves	no sobrelleve	no sobrellevemos	no sobrellevéis	no sobrelleven

¹Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
²Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.

    Selected combined forms of sobrellevar

These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
with infinitive sobrellevar	dative	sobrellevarme	sobrellevarte	sobrellevarle, sobrellevarse	sobrellevarnos	sobrellevaros	sobrellevarles, sobrellevarse
	accusative	sobrellevarme	sobrellevarte	sobrellevarlo, sobrellevarla, sobrellevarse	sobrellevarnos	sobrellevaros	sobrellevarlos, sobrellevarlas, sobrellevarse
with gerund sobrellevando	dative	sobrellevándome	sobrellevándote	sobrellevándole, sobrellevándose	sobrellevándonos	sobrellevándoos	sobrellevándoles, sobrellevándose
	accusative	sobrellevándome	sobrellevándote	sobrellevándolo, sobrellevándola, sobrellevándose	sobrellevándonos	sobrellevándoos	sobrellevándolos, sobrellevándolas, sobrellevándose
with informal second-person singular tú imperative sobrelleva	dative	sobrellévame	sobrellévate	sobrellévale	sobrellévanos	not used	sobrellévales
	accusative	sobrellévame	sobrellévate	sobrellévalo, sobrellévala	sobrellévanos	not used	sobrellévalos, sobrellévalas
with informal second-person singular vos imperative sobrellevá	dative	sobrellevame	sobrellevate	sobrellevale	sobrellevanos	not used	sobrellevales
	accusative	sobrellevame	sobrellevate	sobrellevalo, sobrellevala	sobrellevanos	not used	sobrellevalos, sobrellevalas
with formal second-person singular imperative sobrelleve	dative	sobrelléveme	not used	sobrellévele, sobrellévese	sobrellévenos	not used	sobrelléveles
	accusative	sobrelléveme	not used	sobrellévelo, sobrellévela, sobrellévese	sobrellévenos	not used	sobrellévelos, sobrellévelas
with first-person plural imperative sobrellevemos	dative	not used	sobrellevémoste	sobrellevémosle	sobrellevémonos	sobrellevémoos	sobrellevémosles
	accusative	not used	sobrellevémoste	sobrellevémoslo, sobrellevémosla	sobrellevémonos	sobrellevémoos	sobrellevémoslos, sobrellevémoslas
with informal second-person plural imperative sobrellevad	dative	sobrellevadme	not used	sobrellevadle	sobrellevadnos	sobrellevaos	sobrellevadles
	accusative	sobrellevadme	not used	sobrellevadlo, sobrellevadla	sobrellevadnos	sobrellevaos	sobrellevadlos, sobrellevadlas
with formal second-person plural imperative sobrelleven	dative	sobrellévenme	not used	sobrellévenle	sobrellévennos	not used	sobrellévenles, sobrellévense
	accusative	sobrellévenme	not used	sobrellévenlo, sobrellévenla	sobrellévennos	not used	sobrellévenlos, sobrellévenlas, sobrellévense

Further reading

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