ancestral
Spanish, adjective/anθesˈtɾal/
ancestral is spelled A-N-C-E-S-T-R-A-L (9 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish, the 15,293rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ancestral is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “ancestral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Propio o relativo a los ancestros o antepasados”.
What does ancestral mean in English?
adjective
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Propio o relativo a los ancestros o antepasados.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ancestral
- ancestrales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ancestral?
- /anθesˈtɾal/
- [ãn̟.θesˈt̪ɾal]
- /ansesˈtɾal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ancestral
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ancestral in Spanish?
ancestral appears 3.5 times per million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).