GPS
Spanish, noun/ˌxe ˌpe ˈese/
GPS is spelled G-P-S (3 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,091st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). GPS is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “GPS, Global Positioning System” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does GPS mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineGPS, Global Positioning System
- 2
masculineGPS receiver, satnav
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Global Positioning System o Sistema de Posicionamiento Global
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 GPS?
- /ˌxe ˌpe ˈese/
- [ˌxe ˌpe ˈe.se]
- [ˈgps]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to GPS
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is GPS in Spanish?
GPS appears 7.2 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).