sobre

A1Rank #113

over, above, on, upon, atop

Part of speech
preposition
Frequency rank
#113 of 5,000

La pluma de mi tía está sobre la mesa.

My aunt's pen is on the table.

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"sobre" in example sentences

"sobre" appears in 1,318 of 223,093 short Tatoeba Spanish sentences that have an English translation. Here are 3 of them.

Él está sobre mí.

He is above me.

Tatoeba #1171175

Sobre todo, hay que trabajar ahora mismo.

Above all, you must work now.

Tatoeba #6964758

Sobre todo, quieren vivir en paz.

They want, above all things to live in peace.

Tatoeba #603957

Example sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR.

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