encima de

Spanish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /enˈθima de/ [ẽn̟ˈθi.ma ð̞e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /enˈsima de/ [ẽnˈsi.ma ð̞e]
• Syllabification: en‧ci‧ma de

Preposition

encima de

1. on, on top of

   El libro está encima de la mesa.

   The book is on the table.

See also

• encima

Further reading

• “encima de”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28