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parentesco

Spanish, noun/paɾenˈtesko/

parentesco is spelled P-A-R-E-N-T-E-S-C-O (10 letters) and appears 2.7 times per million words in written Spanish, the 18,462nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parentesco is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “kinship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Vínculo, conexión, enlace por consaguinidad o por afinidad”.

What does parentesco mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinekinship

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Vínculo, conexión, enlace por consaguinidad o por afinidad. 2. Unión, vínculo o liga que tienen las cosas.

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 parentesco

  • parentescos plural

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

How do you pronounce parentesco?

  • /paɾenˈtesko/
  • [pa.ɾẽn̪ˈt̪es.ko]
  • [paɾẽn̪ˈt̪esko]

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

English words that translate to parentesco

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

How common is parentesco in Spanish?

parentesco appears 2.7 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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