Different uses of sobrar

Question

Which of the options in the lesson plan on "Spanish verb sobrar: different menaings" does this answer fit into:¿Te sobra algún bolígrafo o los has repartido todos?.

Accepted Answer

Hola Ama
That sentence could be linked to one or two of the meanings we explain in the lesson:
Sobrar: There is/are too many/much of something
To express that there is an excess of something
or also some connection to:
Sobrar: to be left over
When we want to express that something is left over, that something remains
So, to expand a bit on this I'd say that when you ask someone with ¿Te sobra.../ te sobran...? what we mean is "Do you have too many of .... and have spare ones?"
It is a bit implicit in the meaning of "sobrar" in this case.
Saludos
Inma

Answer

I would translate it as, "Do you have a pen left or have you given them all out?"  So it would fall into tje category "to be left over/to remain".