entrecruzamiento
Spanish, noun/entɾekɾuθaˈmjento/
entrecruzamiento is spelled E-N-T-R-E-C-R-U-Z-A-M-I-E-N-T-O (16 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish, the 93,848th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entrecruzamiento is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “crossover” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Acción o efecto de entrecruzar”.
What does entrecruzamiento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecrossover
- 2
masculinecross-link
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Acción o efecto de entrecruzar. 2. Cambio mutuo o intercambio de segmentos que se realiza entre pares homólogos de cromosomas
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 entrecruzamiento
- entrecruzamientos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entrecruzamiento?
- /entɾekɾuθaˈmjento/
- [ẽn̪.t̪ɾe.kɾu.θaˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
- /entɾekɾusaˈmjento/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entrecruzamiento
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entrecruzamiento in Spanish?
entrecruzamiento appears about once in every 6 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).