copretérito
Spanish, noun[kopɾeˈt̪eɾit̪o]
copretérito is spelled C-O-P-R-E-T-É-R-I-T-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written Spanish, the 298,369th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Copretérito is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “past imperfect tense” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Tiempo verbal absoluto de aspecto imperfectivo, usado para expresar un proceso verbal pasado, pero visto en…”.
What does copretérito mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepast imperfect tense
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tiempo verbal absoluto de aspecto imperfectivo, usado para expresar un proceso verbal pasado, pero visto en su duración, es decir, sin importar cuando comenzó ni cuando habrá de acabar.
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 copretérito
- copretéritos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce copretérito?
- [kopɾeˈt̪eɾit̪o]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is copretérito in Spanish?
copretérito appears about once in every 74 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).