anticipación
Spanish, noun/antiθipaˈθjon/
anticipación is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “anticipation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “La acción y efecto de anticipar”.
What does anticipación mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineanticipation
- 2
feminineadvance
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. La acción y efecto de anticipar. 2. Figura que se comete cuando se anticipa o previene en el discurso lo que otro puede decir o alegar en contrario. 3. Es el adelanto de un hecho o circunstancia.
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 anticipación
- anticipaciones plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anticipación?
- /antiθipaˈθjon/
- [ãn̪.t̪i.θi.paˈθjõn]
- /antisipaˈsjon/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anticipación
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anticipación in Spanish?
anticipación appears 4.8 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).