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parcial

Spanish, noun/paɾˈθjal/

parcial is spelled P-A-R-C-I-A-L (7 letters) and appears 22 times per million words in written Spanish, the 3,683rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parcial is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “set” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Examen parcial”.

What does parcial mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinepartial (part of a whole)

    ecuaciones diferenciales parciales

  2. 2

    femininemasculinepartial, biased (not impartial)

  3. 3

    femininemasculinemid-term

noun

  1. 1

    masculineset

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Relativo a una parte del todo. 2. No cabal o completo. 3. Que juzga o procede con parcialidad, o que la incluye o denota. 4. Que sigue el partido de otro, o está siempre de su parte.

noun: 1. Examen parcial.

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 parcial

  • parciales feminine masculine plural

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

How do you pronounce parcial?

  • /paɾˈθjal/
  • [paɾˈθjal]
  • /paɾˈsjal/

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

English words that translate to parcial

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

How common is parcial in Spanish?

parcial appears 22 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).

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