parsec
Spanish, noun
parsec is spelled P-A-R-S-E-C (6 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish, the 182,048th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Parsec is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “parsec” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, pársec is a different word: “parsec (parallax second)”.
What does parsec mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineparsec
noun
- 1
masculineparsec (parallax second)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Unidad de longitud, definida como la distancia a la que una unidad astronómica (ua) subtiende un ángulo de un segundo de arco (1″), 1 pársec = 206.265 ua = 3,2616 años luz = 30,857 × 10¹⁶ m.
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 parsec
- parsecs plural
- pársec alternative
- pársecs plural
- parsec alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to parsec
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is parsec in Spanish?
parsec appears about once in every 25 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).