anteponer
Spanish, verb/antepoˈneɾ/
anteponer is spelled A-N-T-E-P-O-N-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 46,983rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anteponer is a Spanish verb meaning “to put or place in front of” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Situar o poner una cosa o persona inmediatamente antes de otra”.
What does anteponer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put or place in front of
- 2
to prefer
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Situar o poner una cosa o persona inmediatamente antes de otra. 2. Asignar una categoría superior en una escala de prioridades o afectos. 3. Agregar un elemento antes de una palabra, fundiéndose con ella.
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 anteponer
- antepongo first-person present singular
- antepuse first-person preterite singular
- antepuesto participle past
- anteponiendo gerund
- antepuesta feminine participle past
- antepuestos masculine participle past
- antepuestas feminine participle past
- antepones indicative informal present
- anteponés indicative informal present
- antepone indicative present singular
- anteponemos first-person indicative plural
- anteponéis indicative plural present
- anteponen indicative plural present
- anteponía first-person imperfect indicative
- anteponías imperfect indicative second-person
- anteponíamos first-person imperfect indicative
- anteponíais imperfect indicative plural
- anteponían imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anteponer?
- /antepoˈneɾ/
- [ãn̪.t̪e.poˈneɾ]
- [ãn̪t̪epoˈneɾ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anteponer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anteponer in Spanish?
anteponer appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).