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Spanish
Etymology
From sobre- + actuar.
Verb
sobreactuar (first-person singular present sobreactúo, first-person singular preterite sobreactué, past participle sobreactuado)
- (intransitive) to overact, ham it up
2015 November 25, “Reportaje”, in El País:Que son los tiempos de la crisis y del esfuerzo presupuestario con que las radios y las televisiones han encontrado en nosotros, los tertulianos, un recurso inapreciable para plantear debates, sobreactuar en ellos y consumir horas de emisión.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
1Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language.
2Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
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