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magneto

Spanish, noun/maɡˈneto/

magneto is spelled M-A-G-N-E-T-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 36,968th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Magneto is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “magneto” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Dispositivo electromecánico que proporciona pulsos de corriente de alta tensión para alimentar el sistema de…”.

What does magneto mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinemagneto

prefix

as magneto-
  1. 1

    magneto-; magnet-

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

prefix: 1. Magnético.

noun: 1. Dispositivo electromecánico que proporciona pulsos de corriente de alta tensión para alimentar el sistema de ignición de distintos tipos de motores de explosión, como los que utilizan gasolina, etanol o gases combustibles

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 magneto

  • magnetos plural

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

How do you pronounce magneto?

  • /maɡˈneto/
  • [maɣ̞ˈne.t̪o]
  • [maɣ̞ˈnet̪o]

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

English words that translate to magneto

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

How common is magneto in Spanish?

magneto appears about once in every 1 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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