mediante
Spanish, preposition/meˈdjante/
mediante is spelled M-E-D-I-A-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears 123 times per million words in written Spanish, the 704th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mediante is a Spanish preposition meaning “by means of, through, using” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Indica el procedimiento o la forma como se hace algo”.
What does mediante mean in English?
preposition
- 1
by means of, through, using
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. Que intercede por alguien, que media, por medio de.
preposition: 1. Indica el procedimiento o la forma como se hace algo.
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 mediante?
- /meˈdjante/
- [meˈð̞jãn̪.t̪e]
- [meˈð̞jãn̪t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mediante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mediante in Spanish?
mediante appears 123 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).