detrás
Spanish, preposition/deˈtɾas/
detrás is spelled D-E-T-R-Á-S (6 letters) and appears 81 times per million words in written Spanish, the 1,084th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Detrás is a Spanish preposition meaning “behind (used with possessive pronouns)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does detrás mean in English?
adverb
- 1
behind, at the rear
- 2
after
preposition
- 1
behind (used with possessive pronouns)
detrás mío/mía
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Que está o que ocurre en la parte posterior o en la parte que queda a espaldas de algo o alguien 2. De forma oculta para alguien o en ausencia de alguien.
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.
How do you pronounce detrás?
- /deˈtɾas/
- [d̪eˈt̪ɾas]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to detrás
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is detrás in Spanish?
detrás appears 81 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).