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bachillerato

Spanish, noun/bat͡ʃiʝeˈɾato/

bachillerato is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “graduation certificate (degree from high school)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Conjunto de programas educativos, generalmente de nivel secundario y preuniversitario, que tienen como…”.

What does bachillerato mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinegraduation certificate (degree from high school)

  2. 2

    masculineellipsis of bachillerato universitario (bachelor’s degree)

  3. 3

    masculineeleventh and twelfth grade

Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Conjunto de programas educativos, generalmente de nivel secundario y preuniversitario, que tienen como objetivo preparar a los estudiantes para ingresar en la universidad, en donde a veces se les enseña alguna especialidad. Quienes se reciben lo hacen bajo el título de bachiller. 2. Tiempo de estudios con los que se obtiene el grado de bachiller, que generalmente abarca al período de educación media y preuniversitaria.

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 bachillerato

  • bachilleratos plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce bachillerato?

  • /bat͡ʃiʝeˈɾato/
  • [ba.t͡ʃi.ʝeˈɾa.t̪o]
  • [bat͡ʃiʝeˈɾat̪o]

Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to bachillerato

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is bachillerato in Spanish?

bachillerato appears 7.9 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).