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con

Spanish, preposition/kon/

con is spelled C-O-N (3 letters) and appears 9,333 times per million words in written Spanish, the 16th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Con is a Spanish preposition meaning “with” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “En compañía de”.

What does con mean in English?

preposition

  1. 1

    with

  2. 2

    Dependent preposition following certain verbs.

    Yo cuento con ustedes.

prefix

as con-
  1. 1

    with

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

preposition: 1. En compañía de. 2. Contenido o adherencia. 3. Combinado con un infinitivo, actúa como gerundio. 4. Indica el medio empleado para hacer algo.

prefix: 1. Indica "junto con" (como en confluir), "acción en conjunto" (como en conspirar), "agregado" (como en consorcio).

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 con

  • co- alternative
  • com- alternative

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

How do you pronounce con?

  • /kon/
  • [kõn]

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

English words that translate to con

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

How common is con in Spanish?

con appears 9,333 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).

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